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Under my parapluie: Macron’s nuclear guarantee for Europe – European Council on Foreign Relations
Cover image: picture alliance / MAXPPP | Guillaume Saligot / Ouest-France In early March, at France’s nuclear submarine base in Brittany, Emmanuel Macron delivered perhaps the most significant speech on nuclear policy by any Western leader since the end of the cold war. After decades of flirting with the notion, a French president has finally made the move and offered their country’s nuclear umbrella to interested European allies. In view at las…
In the face of possible nuclear proliferation and the end of the last treaty limiting US and Russian nuclear arsenals, France redefines its doctrine of deterrence by giving it a more European dimension, while maintaining strict national control.
Emmanuel Macron gave a very notable speech on the occasion of his visit to the naval base of Long Island, in Brest, on 2 March. He reaffirmed France's nuclear power, while extending his hand to Europe. A change of doctrine in nuclear deterrence ? Answer in this podcast with Elise Vincent and Chloé Hoorman, journalists at the "World" and specialists in defence subjects.
On Monday, the President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nauseda, telephoned President Edgar Rinkevich of Latvia to discuss the proposal of French President Emmanuel Macron for nuclear deterrence.
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