Macron has been advocating for a European Army for around a decade. With the recent EU defence spending announcements the idea of a unified command structure in Europe is becoming likely.
The French offer to extend their nuclear umbrella seems to me to have two purposes:
1. Deal with the immediate vulnerability opened by questions over U.S. Article 5 commitments to NATO
2. Try to get ahead of potential nuclear weapons proliferation among other EU states
The French offer to extend their nuclear umbrella seems to me to have two purposes:
1. Deal with the immediate vulnerability opened by questions over U.S. Article 5 commitments to NATO
2. Try to get ahead of potential nuclear weapons proliferation among other EU states