{"id":27323,"date":"2025-05-13T22:20:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T22:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=27323"},"modified":"2025-05-13T22:20:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T22:20:41","slug":"macron-open-to-stationing-french-nuclear-weapons-in-other-european-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=27323","title":{"rendered":"Macron open to stationing French nuclear weapons in other European nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description o3-type-body-base\">Your guide to what Trump\u2019s second term means for Washington, business and the world<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=96231d9c-ee48-43b3-9c82-bdc4002b41a5&amp;newsletter-id=65b8fec772badb00166eafc6\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron said he was \u201cready to open a discussion\u201d with European allies about stationing France\u2019s nuclear weapons on their soil, in an effort to beef up defences against Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The comments made by Macron in an interview with the broadcaster TF1 on Tuesday come as he has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/a6e951ba-271e-4e1d-acba-6dbb328bbe40\" data-trackable=\"link\">holding talks<\/a> with Germany, Poland and other European countries to explore whether and how France\u2019s nuclear deterrence could be extended on the continent. <\/p>\n<p>Such a move is being considered in response to signs that US President Donald Trump wants to scale back the American military presence in Europe and force European countries to take more responsibility for their own security. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will define the framework [for talks about French nuclear weapons] in a very official way in the weeks and months to come, but we have already begun things with the provisos I mentioned,\u201d Macron said. <\/p>\n<p>He laid out three conditions for extending France\u2019s nuclear protection to European allies: Paris would not pay for the security of other countries; any deployment of France\u2019s nuclear weapons could not deplete its ability to defend itself; and any decision to use the bombs would remain solely in the hands of the French president. <\/p>\n<p>For decades, the US has been the ultimate guarantor of European security, in large part because it has stationed atomic weapons and fighter jets at army bases in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Under a nuclear-sharing agreement with Nato, the nuclear bombs are under US control, but they are designed to be carried and dropped by jets flown by Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey. <\/p>\n<p>European countries have been shocked at Trump\u2019s apparent willingness to undermine the transatlantic alliance, while they also fear that Russia will pose a long-term risk both to Ukraine and the rest of continental Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Macron said \u201cthe moment we are living through [in Europe] is one of waking up\u00a0geopolitically\u201d, adding that Europe was first \u201cbuilt for peace\u201d and to link up economies and trade, but \u201cnow it is about power\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Few in Europe want the US to withdraw its nuclear guarantees, but the fear is such that the leaders of two staunchly Atlanticist countries \u2014 German Chancellor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/ff041474-2dd7-4556-ac2e-d01136fee8c2\" data-trackable=\"link\">Friedrich Merz<\/a> and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk \u2014 recently said that preparations for this scenario must begin. <\/p>\n<p>France\u2019s nuclear weapons arsenal is much smaller than that of the US, so it could not offer the same level of security to Europe. <\/p>\n<p>For decades France has said the \u201cvital interests\u201d that determine the use of atomic weapons have a \u201cEuropean dimension\u201d, but Paris has never defined this term, so as to keep the French president\u2019s options open and any adversary guessing \u2014 the key to\u00a0nuclear\u00a0deterrence.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For Macron, talking to European allies about extending nuclear protection is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/7fed8f2b-98c7-43c6-88b3-d66be449bfac\" data-trackable=\"link\">delicate exercise<\/a> given how central the weapons are to France\u2019s own defences and its vision of its own sovereignty. <\/p>\n<p>Although discussions are ongoing, they are not likely to result in a revision of France\u2019s\u00a0nuclear\u00a0doctrine, a French official said earlier this month, but other changes could be made to signal Paris\u2019s resolve to adversaries. <\/p>\n<p>European countries are keen to avoid anything that would undermine the defence relationship with the US.<\/p>\n<p>When Merz visited Paris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/ff041474-2dd7-4556-ac2e-d01136fee8c2\" data-trackable=\"link\">last week<\/a>, he and Macron said any discussions about broadening France\u2019s nuclear protection would aim to complement the existing Nato framework of security guarantees from the US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/96231d9c-ee48-43b3-9c82-bdc4002b41a5\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump\u2019s second term means for Washington,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":27324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}