March 16, 2025 (EIRNS)—British Prime Minister Keir Starmer raised concerns over the weekend about French President Emmanuel Macron’s harebrained scheme to share its nuclear weapons with other nations of the EU. During a March 15 press conference, Starmer stated cautiously: “On the question of nuclear weapons, obviously our position is that we will do everything we can to prevent any increase in the availability of nuclear weapons.”
Macron delivered a national TV address on March 12, in which he called Russia a “threat to France and Europe,” and suggested that in light of President Trump’s evident unwillingness to continue the march to war against Russia, perhaps France should extend its own nuclear umbrella to other EU member states.
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk loved the idea, and even suggested the U.S. could place some of its own nuclear weapons on Polish soil if it was going to withdraw them from other countries in Europe. Baltic nations including Lithuania and Latvia also backed Macron’s proposal. And various EU countries expressed cautious interest.
In response to Macron, Moscow accused him of having aggressive intentions against Russia. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called the proposal a “threat” against Russia. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called it “extremely confrontational.”
