France and nuclear weapons

France to increase its number of nuclear warheads, Macron says – as it

happened. French president says deterrent needs to be ‘strengthened’ in
recognition of new challenges.

 Guardian 2nd March 2026 

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/02/eu-response-middle-east-conflict-evacuate-citizens-europe-live-latest-news

 Independent 3rd March 2026 

 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-nuclear-weapons-macron-trump-iran-war-b2930717.html

 France24 2nd March 2026 

 https://www.france24.com/en/france-to-boost-nuclear-arsenal-could-deploy-atomic-weapons-to-european-allies

 BBC 2nd March 2026 

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4zlnezrl7o

 French nuclear-armed jets could be stationed in Britain and other allied
European countries after Emmanuel Macron unveiled a dramatic expansion of
France’s deterrence doctrine. The French president also used the symbolic
setting of Île Longue, the country’s Atlantic nuclear fortress in
Brittany, to announce the first increase in its nuclear warhead stockpile
since the 1990s.

 Telegraph 2nd March 2026 

 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/02/macron-plan-nuclear-weapons-britain/