President Emmanuel Macron has said he will launch a strategic dialogue on extending the protection offered by France's nuclear arsenal to its European partners.

After the summit of EU leaders in Brussels to discuss European defense, Macron told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin 'is an imperialist who seeks to rewrite history.' Putin's response: 'There are still people who want to return to the times of Napoleon,

President Donald Trump is expressing uncertainty that NATO would come to the U.S.’s defense if the country were attacked, though the alliance did just that after Sept. 11 — the only time in its history that the Article 5 defense guarantee has been invoked.

Former French President François Hollande asserts that President Donald Trump and his administration are "no longer" allies, saying a U.S.-Europe "divorce" could be on the horizon.

A Russian Su-35 fighter jet has "behaved dangerously" toward a French reaper drone in the Mediterranean, as tensions between Moscow and Paris rise.

FS Charles de Gaulle is the first French aircraft carrier to be sent to the Pacific Ocean in over five decades.

The French defense minister says France is also seeking access to Ukraine’s deposits of critical minerals, indicating that the United States isn’t the only player.

NATO membership for Ukraine is becoming increasingly elusive. The previous U.S. administration silently opposed extending a NATO invitation to Ukraine. The current U.S. administration has made its opposition public.

President Donald Trump on Thursday expressed uncertainty that NATO would come to the US's defence if the country were attacked, though the alliance did just that after September 11 the only time in its history that the defence guarantee has been invoked.