Polish PM confirms talks with Macron on "nuclear umbrella"

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has confirmed that his country has joined talks with France on extending its "nuclear umbrella" to Poland.

Source: Donald Tusk on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda

Details: Tusk wrote that Poland is holding negotiations with France and a group of its "closest European allies" regarding an enhanced nuclear deterrence programme.

Quote: "We are arming up together with our friends so that our enemies will never dare to attack us."

Background:

• On 2 March, French President Emmanuel Macron, whose country is the only nuclear-armed state on the European continent, announced plans to increase the number of French nuclear warheads and expressed readiness to deploy nuclear weapons in allied European countries.
• Macron named eight countries interested in the nuclear deterrence offered by France.
• France and Germany have established a coordination group on nuclear weapons.

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