Is France’s Nuclear Shield Big Enough to Cover All of Europe?

France’s vital interests now have a European dimension At the end of the third year ... ... vital to “keep the powder dry.” The President reiterated the promise to not use nuclear weapons against those countries that had signed and honoured the Nuclear Non-Proliferation... ... during de Gaulle’s presidency. But the Euro-optimists, who are eager to make the European Union a great nuclear power, have been unhappy with the Treaty of Lisbon for...