Macron’s effort to turn the European Union into an independent nuclear power

– International news – Tasnim news agency, the German newspaper “Frankfurter Rondschei” wrote in an article: “Emmanuel Macron”, the president of France, wants the European Union expand to a nuclear power. Macron wants to discuss nuclear deterrence in Europe. His country is ready to participate more in the defense of European soil. Last week, “Emmanuel Macron”, the president of France, at the Sorbonne University in Paris, presented his views on how the European defense should be. , He expressed. He then followed this up and spoke in Strasbourg about joint nuclear weapons.

In a meeting with young people organized by the French EBRA media group, he was asked if Is France ready to Europeanize its nuclear deterrent? Macron said he wants to put everything on the table to see what really protects us in a credible way. He emphasized that his country is ready to participate even more in the defense of European soil.

In Strasbourg, the French president initially called NATO a kind of protection shield that should be surpassed by creating a credible European defense. . According to him, this should include missile defense shields, long-range missiles to deter Russia and nuclear weapons. Macron further said that his country’s nuclear doctrine allows this country to use nuclear weapons if its vital interests are threatened. These vital interests also have a European dimension, which he did not want to state in detail so as not to damage Europe’s defense credibility. In his attitude towards NATO, in particular, lies his skepticism about the reliability of the United States as a partner in the face of the possible re-election of Donald Trump. In February, Trump questioned whether Article 5 of NATO aid, and therefore US nuclear warheads, should protect members of the defense alliance who do not spend at least two percent of GDP on defense.

Macron also wants new standards for the future of European deterrence with other EU members. Europe to discuss. In Strasbourg, the French president said: “I am in favor of opening the debate, which should include missile defense, attacks with long-range weapons, as well as nuclear weapons for those who have them or have American nuclear weapons on their soil. .”

In doing so, he once again sent a request for negotiations to Germany – as he did for the first time in 2020. US tactical nuclear weapons are stored at Buchel Air Base in Germany. Macron also addressed these words to the members of the European Union, Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy, all of which have such American weapons.

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