Europe is hankering for its own strategic nuclear deterrent

The Hill · Feb 20, 2026 · Collected from RSS

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron provided the most visible manifestation of Europe’s new thinking about a nuclear deterrent.

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