(Photo by Yoan Valat / AFP via Getty Images)President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to extend France’s nuclear strategic doctrine to seven European states, including by moving nuclear weapons there temporarily or permanently, is a clear indication of pathbreaking geopolitical change on the continent. Macron’s plan was being prepared long before his speech this week proposing a new doctrine of “forward deterrence” at the French nuclear headquarters in Brittany. That is the setting in which Germany, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Greece, Denmark and Sweden are now cooperating with France on nuclear deterrence. Separate but related nuclear cooperation with the UK is also developing fast. The overall case against nuclear deterrence and for the phasing out of these weapons remains strong and relevant in this more dangerous world.

Source: The Irish Times March 06, 2026 02:14 UTC