{"id":2230328,"date":"2024-04-25T17:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T21:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/macron-touts-frances-nuclear-weapons-to-back-support-for-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T17:23:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T21:23:46","slug":"macron-touts-frances-nuclear-weapons-to-back-support-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/macron-touts-frances-nuclear-weapons-to-back-support-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Macron highlights France&#8217;s nuclear arsenal in support of Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmacron-touts-frances-nuclear-weapons-to-back-support-for-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2230328&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>French President Macron warns against U.S. interference in European \u200baid \u200cto Ukraine, citing France&#8217;s nuclear capabilities\u2062 in countering Russia. He questions\u200c the imposition of limits by other continents on Europe&#8217;s decisions. Macron stresses the need for Europe to enhance its security and \u200deconomic\u200d independence\u200b to remain viable \u200camidst global challenges. French\u2064 President Macron highlights the\u2062 importance of European autonomy in aiding Ukraine, leveraging\u200d France&#8217;s nuclear strength against Russia. He criticizes\u2064 external constraints\u200d on \u200bEurope&#8217;s autonomy\u2063 and advocates for bolstering security and economic independence to navigate\u2064 global\u200d uncertainties \u200beffectively.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>European powers should not allow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/United-States\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>United States<\/a> to impose limits on their support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ukraine<\/a>, according to French President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Emmanuel-Macron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Emmanuel Macron<\/a>, who invoked his country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nuclear-weapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>nuclear weapons<\/a> arsenal as a basis for staring down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in a situation where we\u2019re not quite sure about the European limits \u2014 why should others, other continents, tell us where our limits are?\u201d Macron <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CZzt-9SgZns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-targets-d-c-elites-no-accountability-how-the-hell-else-does-fauci-still-have-a-job\/\" title=\"DeSantis Targets D.C. Elites: \u2018No Accountability. How The Hell Else Does Fauci Still Have A Job?\u2019\u2019\">wide-ranging speech<\/a> at Sorbonne University, according to a France24 interpreter. \u201cIt\u2019s a question of the security of Europe \u2014 are we prepared for that? No. We have to become credible and we have to be present and act as a force of deterrence. And this involves nuclear forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Macron\u2019s remarks, a thinly veiled challenge to President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Joe-Biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s judgments about how to balance aid for Ukraine against the potential for escalation between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/NATO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"NATO\">NATO<\/a> and Russia, came amid a wider warning that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Europe\">Europe<\/a> faces a series of possible economic and security crises. He warned that \u201cEuropean civilization\u201d depends on its ability to revise the assumptions that underpin domestic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marine-being-investigated-for-speaking-at-save-america-rally\/\" title=\"Marine being investigated for speaking at Save America Rally\">defense policies<\/a>, in light of rising nuclear threats and the intensifying competition between the United States and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/China\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">China<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, Europe is mortal,\u201d Macron said. \u201cIt can die. And, it only depends on our choices. These choices have to be made now. We\u2019ve woken up, we\u2019ve doubled our defense budgets, France has \u2026 but this awakening is still rather slow. There\u2019s an acceleration in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech on Europe in the amphitheater of the Sorbonne University on Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Paris. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The second-term president argued that \u201cto make Europe something that\u2019s not going to disappear,\u201d the nations of the continent would have to coordinate to develop economic and security independence. The address offered a reprisal of Macron\u2019s long-standing desire for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/498670\/polands-prime-minister-france-favors-severing-the-ties-with-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>\u201cstrategic autonomy,\u201d<\/a> an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/865234\/behind-the-scenes-disputes-point-to-trust-gap-between-biden-and-troublemaker-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>idea<\/a> that met with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/216481\/way-out-of-line-us-ambassador-to-nato-drubs-emmanuel-macron-for-go-it-alone-attitude\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>U.S. irritation<\/a> and Central European mistrust during his first term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to make sure that we can build partnerships with third countries \u2014 that is to say, building a Europe that can show that it\u2019s never going to be, let\u2019s say, the lap dog of the United States,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>That aspiration was rebuffed in 2020 by Central and Eastern European allies mistrustful of France\u2019s ability to replace the United States as the leading security guarantor on the continent. At the time, Macron\u2019s reference to France\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ronald-regans-former-secretary-of-state-george-p-schultz-dies-at-100\/\" title=\"Ronald Regan\u2019s Former Secretary Of State George P. Schultz Dies At 100\">nuclear arsenal<\/a> seemed to violate a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1475811\/macron-broke-the-nuclear-taboo-poland-rebuffs-frances-play-for-european-independence-from-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>\u201cnuclear taboo,\u201d<\/a> as Poland\u2019s then-foreign minister put it. In the midst of a war in which Russia\u2019s nuclear threats have become commonplace, Macron returned to that theme.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that nuclear defense is something that is absolutely vital for France and therefore vital for Europe, too,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s thanks to this critical defense system that we will be able to actually have security guarantees that all of our partners are expecting.\u00a0And this will also help us to set out a common security framework.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Macron pointed to the war in Ukraine as a conflict in which European allies must have the independence to pursue security policies that go beyond U.S. preferences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the Russian aggression, we will see that Moldova and Ukraine have been seen as part of our European family,\u201d he said, adding later that\u00a0\u201cEurope needs to be able to protect what is dear to it, alongside its allies, anyone who wants to stand by us, or alone, if necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That ambition will require major investments in European defense industries, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to transform the kind of just-in-time emergency measures set up for Ukraine into something more long-term,\u201d he said. \u201cOf course, the road will be long because we are suffering from decades of underinvestment in this area. \u2026 We have not invested in this area when we should have and that\u2019s why we depend so heavily on external actors. \u2026 So we need to make sure that we produce ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French President Macron asserts that European powers must resist U.S. constraints on aiding Ukraine. 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