Voters will decide whether to punch holes in Europe’s nuclear umbrella

Dr Oliver Hartwich
Newsroom
10 March, 2026

While American and Israeli jets were bombing Tehran last Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron stood before nuclear submarines at the Île Longue naval base in Brittany. He announced that France would extend its nuclear umbrella across Europe.

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