Why Europe cannot rely on French nuclear umbrella alone

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  France has a nuclear umbrella. Could its European allies fit under it?

  President Macron has aired the idea that France's deterrence force could be used to defend of other European countries.
  
  BBC News - Mar. 6
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  As Trump Stirs Doubt, Europeans Debate Their Own Nuclear Deterrent

  Talk of replacing the American nuclear umbrella over Europe with the small British and French nuclear armories is in the air, however vague and fanciful.
  
  The New York Times - 3d
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  President Duda calls on US to place nuclear weapons in Poland

  Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has again called on the United States to deploy nuclear weapons to Poland as a deterrent to Russia
  
  ABC News - 5d
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  The UK is reassessing its nuclear deterrent because of Trump

  The first seven weeks of Trump’s second term have unbalanced fundamental strategic assumptions that the United Kingdom and Europe have relied on for decades.
  
  The Hill - 4d
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  US nuclear weapons in Poland would be deterrent for Russia, Polish president tells BBC

  Andrzej Duda tells the BBC's Jeremy Bowen he is confident Donald Trump has a plan to handle Russia.
  
  BBC News - 4d
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  Germany to reach out to France and UK over sharing of nuclear weapons

  But Friedrich Merz cautions such a move could not replace the US’s existing protective shield over Europe. Germany’s chancellor-to-be, Friedrich Merz, has said he will reach out to France and ...
  
  The Guardian - Mar. 9
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  US support to maintain UK’s nuclear arsenal is in doubt, experts say

  Malcolm Rifkind joins diplomats and analysts urging focus on European cooperation to replace Trident. Britain’s ability to rely on the US to maintain the UK’s nuclear arsenal is now in doubt, ...
  
  The Guardian - Mar. 8

• China, Russia and Iran call for end to US sanctions and the restart of nuclear talks

  Representatives of China, Russia and Iran called for an end to U.S. sanctions on Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear program and a restart to multinational talks on the issue
  
  ABC News - 4d
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  French politician jokes US should return Statue of Liberty for siding with ‘tyrants’

  Raphaël Glucksmann quips that US should give back 19th-century gift from France over Trump’s approach to Ukraine. A French European parliament member has quipped that the US should return the ...
  
  The Guardian - 21h

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