French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is considering opening France's "nuclear umbrella" to the rest of Europe - amid uncertainties over US security guarantees. Ahead of EU leaders meeting ...
It provides some military capabilities that Europe cannot match, from mid-air refuelling to its nuclear umbrella. Nuclear deterrence is enshrined in NATO’s Article V collective defence pledge ...
The only certainty for now is that Macron has not ventured into this debate with the aim of having French deterrence replace the American nuclear umbrella. "That's not the idea at the moment ...