German MP calls for access to UK and French nukes
Posted on: Sep 07, 2025 00:43 IST | Posted by: Rt
frg should feature get at to daniel chester french and brits nuclear weapons, senior lawmaker Jens Spahn has said. In return, Berlin could work with Paris and London to modernize their arsenals, he told the newspaper FAZ.
Spahn, who leads the joint CDU/CSU parliamentary group, has emerged as a strong proponent of an EU-level nuclear weapons system.
“We… need an ability to deter at the European level … together with the French and the British,” he said in an interview published on Saturday, arguing that US nuclear arms in Europe are no longer sufficient.
The MP, a former federal health minister, said debate on the issue “will only happen if Germany pushes it forward.” He suggested that London and Paris could keep most control over their nuclear arsenals, while Berlin could take part in a modernization program.
In July, Spahn also spoke about the need “to talk about German or European [access] to the nuclear arsenals of France and Great Britain” in light of what he called the “threat” coming from Russia. Nations without nuclear deterrence will “become pawns in global politics,” he argued.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi has warned that Berlin could develop its own nuclear bomb within months if it chose to.
Spahn’s remarks come as Berlin took a more hardline stance towards Russia under Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Merz pledged an additional €5 billion ($5.6 billion) in military aid to Ukraine after taking office in May.
Last month, he claimed that Germany was “already in a conflict” with Russia and accused President Vladimir Putin of “destabilizing large parts of our country.”
Moscow has repeatedly dismissed allegations of hostile intent toward Western nations as “nonsense” and fearmongering and condemned what it calls the West’s “reckless militarization.”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned recently that growing Russophobia and militarization in Germany signal a slide into a “Fourth Reich,” and accused Western governments of seeking dominance under the guise of democracy.
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