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French President Emmanuel Macron has signaled that France is open to extending its nuclear deterrent to European allies, warning that Russia now poses a direct threat to the continent.
In a televised address, Macron outlined plans to increase defence spending while urging Europe to prepare for a world where U.S. security guarantees may no longer be reliable.
France and Britain are Europe’s only nuclear-armed nations, with France’s deterrent consisting of Rafale fighter jets and nuclear submarines capable of launching strikes at any time on presidential orders.
Macron said that while the final decision on nuclear weapons would remain solely in French hands, he is open to discussions about offering extended nuclear protection to European partners.
“Russia has become a threat to France and Europe. To watch and do nothing would be madness,” Macron said.
The remarks mark a major shift in France’s nuclear strategy, which has traditionally been independent of NATO. The policy dates back to Charles de Gaulle’s Cold War doctrine, which sought to position France as a nuclear power outside U.S. control.
Amid growing security concerns, Macron pledged to boost military spending, though he stopped short of providing exact figures. He ruled out tax hikes, suggesting that budget reallocations would be necessary to fund the increase.
"I want to believe the U.S. will remain at our side, but Europe must be ready if that is no longer the case."
His comments reflect mounting concerns among European leaders following Donald Trump’s decision to freeze military aid to Ukraine and question NATO’s collective defence commitments.
Macron’s speech comes ahead of a crucial EU summit on defence, where European leaders will discuss how to maintain support for Ukraine and strengthen their own security measures.
France and Britain are also working on a joint peace plan for Ukraine, which could be finalised within days and presented to Washington and Moscow as a potential diplomatic solution.
The plan aims to repair relations between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy after their tense Oval Office meeting last week, where Trump berated Zelenskiy for being ungrateful for U.S. aid.
Europe’s security landscape has changed dramatically since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. With Trump’s unpredictability and fading U.S. involvement, European countries are scrambling to reassess their defence strategies.
While France’s nuclear deterrent has long been viewed as a national security asset, Macron’s willingness to extend protection to European allies signals a shift towards greater European military integration in response to Russia’s aggression and U.S. unpredictability.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched on Tuesday through the northern Italian city of Udine ahead of Italy’s World Cup qualifier against Israel, ending their mostly peaceful rally with clashes involving police.
Cameroon opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma declared victory late on Monday in the country's 12 October presidential election, urging President Paul Biya to accept defeat and "honour the truth of the ballot box".
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached a staff-level agreement with Pakistan that would unlock $1.2 billion in funding once approved by the Fund’s Executive Board.
Google has joined forces with the World Bank Group to develop artificial intelligence-based public digital infrastructure aimed at supporting developing markets.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday awarded conservative commentator Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, honouring him posthumously a month after his assassination in Utah.
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