Renewed Focus on European Security President Emmanuel Macron is set to outline France’s plans to extend its nuclear deterrent to European partners, a proposal first floated in 2020 but largely ignored at the time. Speaking from the Île Longue peninsula, home to France’s four nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, Macron will stress that France’s expanded role would complement, not replace, the protection provided by the United States. Macron previously suggested involving willing European countries in exercises and strategic…