# Leader of France’s Stand Up, France! party slams Macron’s ‘nuclear umbrella’ idea

https://mins.news/en/item/59418

- TASS, 2026-09-15 14:35 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2187991

> Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, leader of the right-wing Stand Up, France! party, said Emmanuel Macron’s plan to extend France’s nuclear umbrella to Finland and Estonia threatens the republic’s interests. He argued that France should not be pulled into unrelated wars and must remain the sole authority over its nuclear weapons and decisions.

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