France ‘ready’ to discuss deploying nuclear-armed planes in Europe, says Macron

The president tries to hide his inner weakness with a three-hour speech on TV, after wandering to place transalpine nuclear weapons in Poland.Tuesday evening, French viewers attended a merciless show: that of their president, Emmanuel Macron, who for b...

While Germany continues to thump in transatlantic waters, France's President Macron is positioning itself as a new nuclear protector. On Tuesday evening, the self-proclaimed European rescuer left the cat out of the bag: French atomic bombers could also be stationed on German soil in the future. We are ready to open these discussions, announced Macron on the state television TF1 with hardly hidden great-power Attitude. The offer does not come by …

French President Emmanuel Macron stressed that any joint nuclear deterrence must not come at the expense of France's defense capabilities.

60 years ago, France presented its nuclear missiles for the first time. Today, President Macron wants to protect not only France but also Europe. But his offer is politically charged - and full of hurdles.

Emmanuel Macron's comments on TF1, Tuesday, 13 May, have been somewhat alarmed: he commits himself to open the discussion on a potential sending of nuclear weapons (carried by French aircraft) to the countries of the East. Do we really need it, and in what strategic interest?

Macron ‘Ready to Open Discussion’ on Stationing French Nuclear Weapons on Foreign Soil

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is “ready to open a discussion” about stationing the nation’s nuclear weapons on allies soil, in an effort to strengthen Europe’s defense. “The Americans have the bombs on planes in Belgium, Germany, Italy, Turkey,” he told French broadcaster TF1 on Tuesday. “I will define the framework in a very official way in the weeks and months to come, but we have already begun things with the provisos I mention…