On March 2, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a long-anticipated speech outlining the republic’s nuclear strategy. The setting was carefully chosen to reinforce the theme: Macron stood before the ballistic missile submarine Le Téméraire, currently undergoing repairs and modernization.
Expectations surrounding the address were high. For months, Paris and its Western European partners had discussed the idea of a “pan-European nuclear deterrent,” and many observers assumed the president would announce concrete steps toward such a project.
While Macron did address cooperation with those allies, the most striking announcement concerned…
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