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Why Europe can’t rely on French nuclear umbrella alone

France’s president opens debate over using country’s atomic arsenal as a deterrent against Russia if US scales back its presence

French President Emmanuel Macron has invited fellow European leaders to discuss whether — and how — his country’s nuclear arsenal could be used as a deterrent against future Russian aggression.

But his allies may not like the limitations he may choose to keep on the force de frappe.

The idea of extending the French “nuclear umbrella” to protect other European countries has taken on new urgency as Donald Trump has undermined Nato and threatened to abandon the role the US has played as Europe’s ultimate security guarantor since the second world war. 

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