MUNICH, Feb 16 — The head of Nato yesterday dismissed President Emmanuel Macron’s call for a European “strategic dialogue” about the role of France’s nuclear weapons, saying a “tried and tested” deterrent was already in place. Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that thanks...
France’s President Emmanuel Macron addresses the audience on the podium during the 56th Munich Security Conference in Munich, southern Germany, on February 15, 2020. — AFP pic
While a Nato member, France does not make its atomic weapons available to the alliance, but in a major speech last week Macron called for dialogue among EU countries about what role the French nuclear deterrent could play. “It’s tried and tested, we exercise it, and it’s institutionalised, and it is the ultimate security guarantee for Europe.”
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