{"id":18247,"date":"2020-02-14T14:59:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T22:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=18247"},"modified":"2020-02-14T14:11:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T22:11:06","slug":"with-uk-out-macron-unveils-nuclear-weapons-doctrine-with-france-leading-an-eu-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/with-uk-out-macron-unveils-nuclear-weapons-doctrine-with-france-leading-an-eu-army\/","title":{"rendered":"With UK out, Macron unveils \u2018nuclear weapons doctrine\u2019 with France leading an EU army"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18156\" src=\"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/watching-300x100-300x100-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18248\" src=\"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/France_Macron-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/France_Macron-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/France_Macron.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Posts by Alex Christoforou\" href=\"https:\/\/theduran.com\/members\/alex\/snax_posts\" rel=\"author\">Alex Christoforou<\/a> &#8211; February 14, 2020<\/p>\n<p>The Duran\u2019s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Emmanuel Macron\u2019s speech where the French President unveiled his nuclear doctrine advocating for a more coordinated European Union defence strategy in which France, the EU\u2019s only post-Brexit nuclear power, and its arsenal holding a central role.<\/p>\n<p>Macron warned all those in attendance that the European Union \u2018cannot remain spectators\u2019 in the nuclear arms race.<\/p>\n<p>In a much anticipated speech to military officers graduating in Paris, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/emmanuel-macron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Macron<\/a>\u00a0called on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/european-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EU<\/a>\u00a0member states to play a more direct role in halting a new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/nuclear-weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nuclear arms<\/a>\u00a0race, saying they \u201ccannot remain spectators\u201d against a threat to the continent\u2019s collective security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the absence of a legal framework, they could rapidly face a new race for conventional weapons, even nuclear weapons, on their own soil,\u201d said Macron.<\/p>\n<p>Setting out his country\u2019s nuclear strategy in a bid to show leadership a week after nuclear-armed Britain officially exited the EU, Macron highlighted how\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">France<\/a>\u00a0sees its nuclear weapons as a deterrent against attacks from belligerent foes.<\/p>\n<p>Macron\u2019s speech comes at a time when long-standing accords on limiting the growth of nuclear arsenals appear increasingly at risk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theduran.com\/with-uk-out-macron-unveils-nuclear-weapons-doctrine-with-france-leading-an-eu-army-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/theduran.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Christoforou &#8211; February 14, 2020 The Duran\u2019s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Emmanuel Macron\u2019s speech where the French President unveiled his nuclear doctrine advocating for a more coordinated European Union defence strategy in which France, the EU\u2019s only post-Brexit nuclear power, and its arsenal holding a central role. Macron warned all those &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/with-uk-out-macron-unveils-nuclear-weapons-doctrine-with-france-leading-an-eu-army\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">With UK out, Macron unveils \u2018nuclear weapons doctrine\u2019 with France leading an EU army<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[14736,14737,161,197,28,158,11138,14726,578],"class_list":["post-18247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-watching","tag-alex-christoforou","tag-alexander-mercouris","tag-brexit","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-european-union","tag-macron","tag-nuclear-arms-race","tag-nuclear-weapons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18249,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18247\/revisions\/18249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}