Germany roots for boosting Europe’s security with France, UK’s 550+ nuclear weapons
He also clarified that such a move should not replace the United States’ nuclear assets already in Europe, merely complement it.
Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor-elect, has suggested that France and the United Kingdom share their nuclear deterrent with Germany. He also cautioned that such a bold move should not replace the existing United States nuclear umbrella.
“The sharing of nuclear weapons is an issue we need to [discuss],” Merz said in an interview on Sunday with the broadcaster Deutschlandfunk (DLF). “We have to be stronger together in nuclear deterrence,” he added.
This suggestion parallels that of France’s President Emmanuel Macron, who has also proposed extending France’s nuclear deterrent to other European nations.