France checks nuclear support for European Allies
France checks nuclear support for European Allies
paris, france will consider the protection of his nuclear arsenal to his allies, said President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday. He also warned that Europe had to prepare for the fact that the United States may no longer be “at our side” in the war between Ukraine and Russia.
strategic debate about nuclear deterrence
"I decided to open the strategic debate about the protection of our allies on the European continent through our deterrent," he said in a live broadcast on his official social media channels. He emphasized the need that Europe
"Our nuclear deterrence protects us, it is complete, confident and French from A to Z," said Macron about French nuclear arsenal. "That protects us much more than many of our neighbors." He also noticed: "Whatever happened, the decision was always and is always in the hands of the President of the Republic, the commander -in -chief of the armed forces." He also warned that Europe is "into a new era" and that it would be "crazy" to observe the threat of Russia only as a "viewer". "The United States, our ally, have changed their position in this war, are less supportive to Ukraine and raise questions about what will happen next," added Macron. "I want to believe that the United States will stay by our side, but we have to be ready if that shouldn't be the case." Although France feels committed to both NATO and partnership with the USA, Macron emphasized that "more" to do more "independence in defense and security issues" emphasized. He announced that he would invite European leaders to a meeting in Paris to work on a plan that is aiming for a "permanent peace". This could include the use of peace security troops in Ukraine, "as soon as peace is signed" to prevent Russia's invasion. Macron's statements follow the proposal of Friedrich Merz, the next Chancellor in Germany, the discussions with France and the United Kingdom - the two European nuclear patties - about the expansion of their nuclear protective guarantee. Macron had already indicated this idea beforehand and said last month in an interview with the Portuguese television station RTP: "If my [European counterparts] want to work towards more autonomy and a ability to deter, then we have to open this discussion." on Monday he told the French newspaper Le Parisien that "Europeans who want to deepen the dialogue with us [on the question of nuclear deterrence] ... in the [exercises of the French military for deterrent]." These statements made the round after a critical summit, in which Macron met with the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj and the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after a catastrophic exchange between Selenskyj and the US President Donald Trump had occurred in the Oval Office. A small circle of Nations is working on a plan to end the fights, which is then to be presented to the USA, as Starmer reported. Macron shared in an interview with the French newspaper le figaro Further details about this plan and said that France and the United Kingdom had proposed a limited armistice in Ukraine for months. The role of French nuclear arsenal
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