Poland and Baltic nations welcomed Thursday a proposal by French President Emmanuel Macron to launch talks about using France’s nuclear deterrent to protect the continent from Russian threats, a move Moscow quickly dismissed as “extremely confrontational.

Polish and Lithuanian leaders spoke in positive terms on March 6 about French President Emmanuel Macron's suggestion that Paris could extend its nuclear umbrella to protect European allies. Macron proposed to start "strategic discussions" on the subject as he warned Europe against the Russian threat and stressed that European countries should no

French president’s push to discuss how France’s nuclear weapons could protect Europe was long unsuccessful — until now.