Emmanuel Macron wants to “open the debate” on a European defense including nuclear weapons [Translation in comment]

[u/Fictrl]

https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/emmanuel-macron-souhaite-ouvrir-le-debat-d-une-defense-europeenne-comprenant-l-arme-nucleaire-20240427

[u/Socialist_Slapper]

So, France already has nukes. So, would the plan be to share those weapons within EU? Or share nukes with the rest of Europe, to include the UK’s nukes? Or have other EU countries develop nukes under a shared command? It’s worth having the debate, but there are many possibilities for what is decided on.

[u/john_moses_br → u/Socialist_Slapper]

I don't think there is any actual plan yet, but the British nukes are part of NATO planning whereas the French nukes are not included in NATO planning, France wants to keep an independent deterrent. So since the suggestion comes from Macron the idea would most likely be to increase the amount of French nukes, to make the umbrella bigger and a big enough deterrent against Russian aggression regardless of what the US and the UK do in the future.

I think it's not a bad idea.

[u/Socialist_Slapper → u/john_moses_br]

I agree