French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk met on April 20 in the Polish city of Gdansk to discuss defense cooperation between the two countries. According to a report in France24, Macron and Tusk told a news conference that the scope of the boosted ties between the two NATO members could cover elements of nuclear deterrence, military satellites, joint drills, defense industry, and shared intelligence. “Our cooperation, whether in the nuclear domain or in joint exercises ... is a cooperation that knows no bounds,” Tusk said.
Macron said work would be done in the next few months allowing “concrete progress,” notably when it came to nuclear deterrence. “There may be deployments” to Poland of French warplanes carrying nuclear warheads, he said. While France has specified it would retain full control over the decision to use force, Polish forces could contribute in areas such as early warning and air defense, both sides say.
