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What Does This Benefit France? Six Responses to Finland Joining the French Initiative on Nuclear Deterrence

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Would France defend Finland with nuclear weapons? What would France gain from this? A senior official at the Ministry of Defense and a security policy researcher answer questions.

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The more partners, the less the enemy laughs? In a joint statement made public on Monday 14 September, France and Finland announced that Finland had "decided... The article Advanced nuclear dissuasion: Finland accepts Emmanuel Macron's proposal and approaches France has appeared first on Current Values.

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ANALYSIS - Finland joined on Monday the initiative launched by the Head of State, Emmanuel Macron, during his speech on Long Island in the spring.

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Would France defend Finland with nuclear weapons? What would France gain from this? A senior official at the Ministry of Defense and a security policy researcher answer questions.

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Finland has announced that it has joined the countries participating in France’s nuclear deterrence umbrella, announced by French President Emmanuel Macron on March 2. Finland made the decision in accordance with its and France’s international obligations. The announcement emphasizes that the decision is an important step for […] The article Finland joins France’s nuclear deterrence umbrella was first published in Defence Review.

The French initiative is different from NATO’s nuclear deterrence. The countries that join will not have obligations like NATO’s collective defence. Moreover, France is not asking other countries to contribute to the costs of maintaining nuclear deterrence.” Now, as a first step after the signing of the French-Finnish joint declaration, officials will discuss how cooperation will begin; and then the Finnish defence administration will begin to p…

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Finland formalises its commitment to French nuclear deterrence and twelve countries call on the EU to strengthen security in the Arctic against Russia and China. The entry European rearmament reaches the Arctic: 12 countries ask the EU to shield the area and Finland enters the French deterrence first appears on Merca2.

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