European leaders showed a cautiously receptive ear to President Emmanuel Macron's proposal to debate extending the French nuclear umbrella to Europe on Thursday, though some were reluctant to draw a line under years of U.

French President Emmanuel Macron has issued one of his strongest warnings yet about growing security threats in Europe, declaring, “Ukraine has become a global conflict.” In a national speech on Wednesday,

EU leaders gather for an emergency defence summit in Brussels as future partnership with US remains uncertain.

Poland and Baltic nations have welcomed a proposal by French President Emmanuel Macron to launch talks about using France’s nuclear deterrent to protect the continent from Russian threats.

There will never be an EU army led by a "mad" French President Emmanuel Macron, Deputy Premier, Transport Minister and right-wing League party leader Matteo Salvini said Friday amid French-led moves to set up a European army and possibly send peacekeepers to police a future Ukraine peace deal.

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

As geopolitical uncertainties cast doubt over the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) future, particularly in light of a second Trump presidency, France is asserting itself as the primary architect of European strategic autonomy.

France is open to discussing extending the protection offered by its nuclear arsenal to its European partners, President Emmanuel Macron said in a grave address to the nation on Wednesday, in which he warned that Europe must face up to the threat from Russia.

Despite his meeting with American President, Donald Trump only ten days ago, with Trump’s volte-face in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky buckling under American pressure,

French President Emmanuel Macron shook up Europe with a bold nuclear proposal. As Trump signals uncertainty over US protection, Macron warned of the Russian threat and offered to extend France’s nuclear shield to EU allies.