00:00The French president made quite the entrance at France's secretive Ylang military base,
00:05arriving in a Dassault Falcon with an escort of four Rafale fighter jets.
00:10The purpose of Emmanuel Macron's trip is to announce an update to the country's nuclear
00:15doctrine amid European concerns over Washington's wavering commitment as Russia's war in Ukraine
00:21grinds into a fifth year and as the conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran
00:26widens.
00:27The world is hardening and recent hours have once again demonstrated this.
00:34We must strengthen our nuclear deterrent in the face of multiple threats and we must consider
00:38our deterrent strategy deep within the European continent.
00:42Macron said eight European countries had agreed to participate in the advanced nuclear deterrent
00:48scheme proposed by France, including Germany, Britain and Poland.
00:52The countries will be able to host French nuclear-armed strategic air forces, which will be
00:57able to spread out across the European continent.
01:00It offers our partners the possibility to take part in our deterrent exercises.
01:05This may also involve intelligence sharing including beyond our borders or the participation of
01:12our allies' conventional armed forces to our nuclear activities.
01:16He specified though that there would be no sharing of decision-making regarding the use
01:21of the nuclear weapons.
01:24The ultimate decision is not something to be shared, nor its planning or its implementation.
01:29Under our constitution, this belongs solely to the president, accountable to the French
01:36people.
01:37Speaking at the home of France's four ballistic missile submarines, Macron also announced that
01:43the country will boost its nuclear warhead count.
01:45It currently has 290, a long way behind the US and Russia with thousands each.
01:52Macron did not give a figure for the increase to its nuclear arsenal, the first since at least
01:571992.
01:57Then the US.
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