Europe already protected by effective nuclear umbrella: NATO chief responds to Macron
(WorldNews Pakistan)

MUNICH: The head of NATO on Saturday dismissed President Emmanuel Macron´s call for a European `strategic dialogue` about the role of France´s nuclear weapons, saying a `tried and tested` deterrent was already in place. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that thanks to the US and Britain´s atomic weapons, Europe was already protected by a longstanding and effective nuclear umbrella. While a NATO member, France does not make its atomic weapons available to the alliance, but in a major speech last week Macron called for dialogue among EU countries about...