French President Emmanuel Macron suggested prolonging the so-called nuclear umbrella of France on its European allies, in the midst of fear that an aggressive Russia can one day turn away from Ukraine, which it invaded in 2014 and again in 2022, on the eastern flank of the European Union.
With around 300 nuclear warheads, France is the only member country of the EU to have such weapons, and one of the three members of NATO with the United States and the United Kingdom
Poland and Denmark previously expressed openness to the idea of ​​sheltering under the nuclear protection of France. In March, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk – who comes from a rival party in Duda – said that Poland “was talking seriously” with France of the possibility, which has gained ground after the warnings of the United States that Donald Trump’s White House may not provide security to Europe in the future.
Warsaw has considerably increased its conventional soldiers in recent years in the face of Russian aggression, with its combat force of 200,000 now the most important in the EU – and hopes to build half a million army in the years to come.
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