President Macron has aired the idea that France's deterrence force could be used to defend of other European countries.

French President Emmanuel Macron suggests extending France's nuclear deterrence to its European allies in response to ...

In fact this was Christian Pineau, the French foreign minister, after the Suez crisis in 1956. Then, America forced Britain ...

In a televised address, President Emmanuel Macron warned that Europe needed to deal with a retreating America and a bellicose ...

In the early days of the Cold War, former President Charles de Gaulle developed a nuclear deterrent that was designed to be fully independent from the two dominant powers of the time, the Soviet Union ...

Roosevelt agreed when his ambassador to Vichy, Admiral William D. Leahy, described de Gaulle as “an apprentice dictator”. There is a chilling echo in Trump’s description of Volodymyr Zelensky as a ...

R, built in larger numbers and deployed across Europe, would be effective at deterring any potential Russian invasion.

France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is wrapping up a major deployment to the Asia-Pacific, which saw its air wing ...

President Emmanuel Macron wants to build up French defence spending as Washington threatens to pull its European security guarantee, but funding those plans as his government struggles to tame an ...

French President Emmanuel Macron says he’s ready to start discussions on nuclear deterrence with European allies.

- A Rafale jet fighter next to a French flag, on France's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, at Limassol ...