Poland and Baltic nations have welcomed a proposal by French President Emmanuel Macron to launch talks about using France’s nuclear deterrent to protect the continent from Russian threats

French President Emmanuel Macron has said that he is open to extending France's nuclear deterrence to European partners in the face of threats from Russia.

French President Emmanuel Macron shook up Europe with a bold nuclear proposal. As Trump signals uncertainty over US protection, Macron warned of the Russian threat and offered to extend France’s nuclear shield to EU allies.

Russia ruled out European proposals to send peacekeeping forces to Ukraine and said on Thursday that French President Emmanuel Macron had threatened it by suggesting that Moscow was a grave menace to Europe.

Despite his meeting with American President, Donald Trump only ten days ago, with Trump’s volte-face in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky buckling under American pressure,

PARIS — France’s defense minister said the country is sharing intelligence resources with Ukraine, after President Emmanuel Macron floated the idea of expanding the French nuclear deterrent to protect European allies. The moves here follow doubts about whether Europe can still count on the United States to help defend against Russian aggression.

The French president says Europe must increase their defence spending, in a televised address on the war in Ukraine.

Emmanuel Macron has seemingly taken a veiled swipe at Donald Trump after hauling French army chiefs to Paris for a crisis meeting. The French President confirmed the top brass of France's military will meet in the capital next week amid calls for an Franco-British peacekeeping force to head to Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the nation on Wednesday laying out the challenges facing France and Europe in the wake of the United States’ changing position on Ukraine under President Donald Trump.

By Dominique Vidalon and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron will address the nation on Wednesday evening to try and soothe voters' concerns over the new U.S. administration's upending of the international order.

French President Emmanuel Macron has warned of the threat to Europe from Russia. In a televised speech on Monday evening, Macron said that Russia is continuing to pursue its rearmament in parallel with its war of aggression against Ukraine.