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What did Macron announce on nuclear weapons?
Summary
A retrospective on France's decision, reported on 2 March 2026, to enlarge its nuclear arsenal, and on a Ukrainian court ruling days earlier.
What did France's president say about the country's nuclear arsenal? As of 3 March 2026, the news cycle was still absorbing an announcement made the previous day: on 2 March 2026, President Emmanuel Macron said France would increase its stockpile of nuclear weapons for the first time in decades.
As reported at the time, Macron named several reasons for the build-up: Russia's war on Ukraine, China's growing military power in Asia, and changing U.S. defence priorities.
A Ukrainian court ruling
On 25 February 2026, a few days before the French announcement, Ukraine's Supreme Court confirmed the case of Kis and Levchuk. According to the report, it was the first time in Ukrainian judicial practice that a court had confirmed the establishment of a same-sex couple living together as one family, in a de facto marital relationship.
