{"id":18224,"date":"2020-02-07T15:59:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T23:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=18224"},"modified":"2020-02-07T14:31:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T22:31:12","slug":"macron-on-arms-race-european-states-cannot-remain-spectators-in-an-increasingly-unstable-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/macron-on-arms-race-european-states-cannot-remain-spectators-in-an-increasingly-unstable-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Macron on Arms Race: European States \u2018Cannot Remain Spectators\u2019 in an Increasingly Unstable World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sputnik News – February 7, 2020<\/p>\n

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Fears of an international nuclear arms race have been allayed with the end of the Cold War, but re-emerged as the United States under Donald Trump pulled out of several arms control treaties with Russia, including one that prohibited nuclear-capable missiles.<\/p>\n

President Emmanuel Macron stated that European countries should act proactively in the face of a nuclear arms race as he laid out France\u2019s nuclear weapons strategy.<\/p>\n

Speaking to military officers in Paris\u00a0on Friday, Macron called on EU member states to propose an a \u201cinternational arms control agenda\u201d.<\/p>\n

He also suggested that Europeans should \u201cnot confine themselves to a role of spectators\u201d at a time when the existing non-proliferation treaties are being called into question.<\/p>\n

\u201cEuropeans must collectively realise that, in the absence of a legal framework, they could quickly face a new conventional or even nuclear arms race on their soil.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Macron has dedicated much of his attention as president to modernising France’s and Europe’s military strategy. He has proposed a \u201ctrue European army\u201d to cut reliance on the United States, launched a military space force command and suggested a military intervention force outside of NATO, known as\u00a0European Intervention Initiative, already joined by\u00a014 European states.<\/p>\n

The Macron government also plans to spend \u20ac37 billion ($41bn) to upgrade and maintain its nuclear arsenal over the next seven years \u2014 more than 12 percent of the total defense spending for that period.<\/p>\n

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