00:01President Emmanuel Macron, who has the power to unleash France's nuclear arsenal, will update the French nuclear deterrence doctrine on
00:10Monday.
00:10His speech is expected. As Europe is concerned, Russia's threats could extend beyond Ukraine and doesn't know if it can
00:17count on the protective umbrella of US nuclear weapons.
00:21If one day there is a reason that we cannot believe anymore in the US security guaranteed, that all the
00:27forces, both nuclear and conventional, are withdrawn from Europe,
00:31in that regard, yes, France and the UK will really have to step up, maybe increase the number of warheads.
00:38But the most important thing, I think, is to prevent national proliferation.
00:43France has fewer than 300 warheads, which is sufficient to inflict unacceptable damage to any country threatening its vital interests,
00:52Emmanuel Macron said in 2020.
00:54There is, for the moment, no plan of sharing the decision to use nuclear weapons.
00:59It will always be up to the French president to decide.
01:03And there is not the idea of the Allies paying for the French nuclear deterrence.
01:09While China and North Korea are expanding their nuclear arsenal, the United States considers resuming nuclear tests.
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