French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that he would discuss the possibility of using France with the European allies nuclear deterrence To protect the continent from Russian threats, with concerns about the potential solution in the United States.
France is the only one Nuclear Power in the European Union.
Macron described in a television address in front of a special European summit on Thursday Russia as a “threat to France and Europe” and said that he had decided to “open the strategic debate about the protection of our allies on the European continent by our (nuclear) deterrence”.
He said the use of France’s nuclear weapons would only remain in the hands of the French president.
Macron’s move comes in response to a push of the German election winner Friedrich Merz, who recently called for a discussion about the “nuclear” with France.
The EU executives will deal with the Nuclear deterrence that concentrates on the support of Ukraine and European defense during the summit on Thursday in Brussels. The European NATO allies have drawn to the mighty US discharge for decades.
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“The future of Europe does not have to be decided in Washington or Moscow,” said Macron, insisting that “the innocence of the past 30 years”, which followed the fall of the Berlin Wall of 1989, is “over now”.
According to Macron, Russia now spends 40 percent of its state budgets for military spending, where Plant to expand his army by 2030 with 300,000 additional soldiers, 3,000 tanks and 300 jet fighters. “Who can believe that today’s Russia will stop in Ukraine?” Asked Macron.
Allies must ensure that Russia would not get back into Ukraine after signing a potential peace agreement, Macron said. This means that the Ukrainian army grants “long -term support for the Ukrainian army” and may be used by European armed forces, he said.
These forces “would not fight at the front, but on the contrary, they would be there as soon as peace was signed to ensure that it is completely respected”, detailed Macron. He said that a meeting of the heads of the European nations who are ready to be involved in Paris next week.
The US President Donald Trump has pushed to Europe to carry more of the protection of the continent, and civil servants from the Trump government have stated that the current US commitment may not be forever.
Macron also said that he hoped to convince Trump, not impose tariffs for imports from Europe. Trump has threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on European goods and argues that the European Union has deliberately undermined the trade with the United States, which the EU leaders contested.
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