This makes me feel so much safer

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Macron Suggests Arming EU with Nuclear Weapons for 'Credible' Defence

President Emmanuel Macron has been accused of undermining French sovereignty and military deterrence after the head of state "opened the debate" about creating a common European defence armed with nuclear weapons.

In an interview published on Saturday evening with the Ebra group of regional French newspapers, Mr Macron said per Le Figaro: "I am in favour of opening this debate which must include anti-missile defence, the firing of long-range weapons, nuclear weapons for those who have them or who have American nuclear weapons on their soil."

"Let's put everything on the table and look at what truly protects us in a credible way," he continued, but maintained that France would keep "its specificity but is ready to contribute more to the defence of European soil".

"Being credible also means having long-range missiles that would deter the Russians. And there is nuclear weapons: French doctrine is that we can use them when our vital interests are threatened. I have already said that there is a European dimension to these vital interests," the president said.

Macron's comments drew condemnation from both sides of the political aisle in France, with François-Xavier Bellamy, the leader of the centre-right Les Républicains (LR) in the upcoming European Parliament elections, declaring: "A French head of state should not say that."

"This is exceptionally serious because this touches on the very nerve of French sovereignty," Bellamy added.

Conservative populist National Rally MEP Thierry Mariani responded: "Macron is becoming a national danger... After nuclear weapons, there will follow France's permanent seat on the UN Security Council, which will also be sold off to the European Union."

Full text : https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/04/28/macron-suggests-arming-eu-with-nuclear-weapons-for-credible-defence/

I'm oh so glad we left. Pity we can't move our island to mid Atlantic - solve the boats - reduce the fallout when these goons antagonise Putin to the point he pushed the big red button. Or the Yanks come to that. Or us.