French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed initiating discussions on the role of France's nuclear arsenal in European defense, suggesting that French nuclear weapons should be included in the EU's collective defense strategy. Macron emphasized the importance of considering nuclear weapons, missile defense, and long-range missiles in these discussions. He stated he is ready to discuss using nuclear warheads to defend the EU. His comments, aimed at opening a debate ahead of the EU elections in June, have sparked controversy among his political opponents.
Emmanuel Macron says he is willing to discuss extending the protection afforded by France’s nuclear weapons, which would dramatically break from Gaullist orthodoxy and transform his country’s relations with the rest of Europe https://t.co/0msKu1tnVH 👇
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Macron is Under Fire For Proposing An ‘Open Debate’ on Nuclear Deterrence In a recent interview, Macron suggested opening a debate on the idea that France could defend Europe with its nuclear warheads. https://t.co/1M8oUM6F1X
Macron is ready to discuss the idea of using nuclear warheads to defend the European Union. https://t.co/LOQv4MCxH2
Macron has stated that France's nuclear weapons should be part of the European defence debate. He is indicating that he thinks French nuclear weapons should become part of the EU’s collective defense framework. France is the only EU state with nuclear weapons 🇫🇷🇪🇺 https://t.co/Az67UxTTnR
Macron wants to start a debate about using nuclear weapons to defend Europe. The French President spoke about this in an interview with national media. According to him, he is ready to make French nuclear weapons part of pan-European defense. https://t.co/QXX4u8txXz
France's nuclear weapons should be part of European defence debate, Macron says https://t.co/6AwxmvlDS7
Macron Suggests Arming EU with Nuclear Weapons for ‘Credible’ Defence https://t.co/0XT5NvIJuW
Macron is ready to discuss the idea of "using French nuclear warheads to protect the EU." "I am in favor of opening up this debate, which therefore must include missile defense, long-range missiles, nuclear weapons for those who have or have American nuclear weapons on their… https://t.co/oya0Amdq1q
France's nuclear weapons should be part of the European defense debate, French President Emmanuel Macron told a group of regional newspapers, in comments that drew fire from his political opponents ahead of EU elections in June. https://t.co/YvQRSCmiqX
🗿 Macron wants to start discussions on European defence including nuclear weapons https://t.co/hZzUiJmaNI