FRANCE could use its nukes to protect Europe against Russia, president Emmanuel Macron said in a defiant defence speech. The French leader demanded Europe’s future should not “be

In a television address tonight, he said the world was entering a 'new era' and a 'global conflict' was already underway.

Russia cautioned French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday against threatening Russia with nuclear rhetoric and ruled out European proposals to send peacekeeping forces from NATO members to Ukraine.

France's president warned of Russia's threat and suggested other European countries could sit under the French nuclear umbrella.

France will consider extending the protection of its nuclear arsenal to its allies, French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday, while warning that Europe needs to be ready for the United States to not “remain by our side” in the Ukraine-Russia war.