A potential deployment of US nuclear weapons to Poland would breach key arms control accords between NATO and Russia, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu warned on Thursday. Polish President Andrzej Duda said earlier this week that his country was willing to host such weapons if Washington supported the idea.
Under NATO’s nuclear sharing program the US maintains some of its weapons of mass destruction in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Türkiye.
In an interview with Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper, published on Wednesday, Lecornu pointed out that a hypothetical deployment of US nuclear weapons to Poland would first require thorough discussions between NATO member states, as it “would undermine the NATO-Russia founding act.”
The minister also noted that France, the sole nuclear power within the European Union, does not participate in NATO’s nuclear planning group. Lecornu explained that Paris is “completely autonomous in our planning and in our deterrence system.”
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Mali medzinárodné aliancie ovplyvňovať rozhodnutie krajiny o umiestnení jadrových zbraní, alebo by mala byť prioritou národná suverenita?
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If countries agree not to host certain weapons to maintain peace, is it fair for one country to change that agreement?
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Do you think the presence of US nuclear weapons in Poland would make Europe safer or more dangerous, and why?
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How would you feel about your own country hosting foreign nuclear weapons, and what concerns might you have?
