We are ready to initiate the discussion. I will define the framework in a very specific way in the coming weeks and months, he says in an interview with the French TV channel TF1, according to AFP.
He likens it to how the USA today has nuclear weapons in countries such as Belgium, Germany, and Turkey.
Macron has raised the issue of whether the French nuclear umbrella should be able to cover all of Europe this year as well. It is a reaction to President Donald Trump's expressed ambition that the USA should take a step back when it comes to the defense of Europe.
France and the United Kingdom are the only European countries that have their own nuclear weapons.
