French President Emmanuel Macron presented a vision for a new French nuclear deterrent on Monday, proposing cooperation with other European countries, including Poland, and announcing an increase in the number of French warheads.
Also on Monday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk posted a message in which he said that "Poland is holding talks with France and a group of its closest European allies regarding an advanced nuclear deterrence program."
Today, President Nawrocki commented on this proposal during a joint conference with the President of Romania:
"Cooperation with NATO and the US guarantees a compatible level of security in Poland and the region. I must honestly say that such often nervous moves by the president, whom I extend my warmest regards to, President Macron, who will cease to be president in a year for objective reasons, in France, and on the other hand, such ad hoc references by Prime Minister Tusk at a time when we have signed the Treaty of Nancy, which took two years to develop and contained no such proposals. In my opinion, given the stable Polish-American alliance and the operation of NATO, all these efforts seem completely frivolous to me as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces..."
- Based on reporting by Niezalezna