{"id":9122,"date":"2026-03-03T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9122"},"modified":"2026-03-03T08:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:01:00","slug":"romania-not-among-countries-joining-frances-extended-nuclear-deterrence-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9122","title":{"rendered":"Romania not among countries joining France\u2019s \u201cextended nuclear deterrence\u201d initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania is not among the European countries that have so far agreed to participate in France\u2019s proposed \u201cextended nuclear deterrence\u201d framework, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/international\/hausse-du-nombre-de-tetes-nucleaires-dissuasion-avancee-en-europe-nouveau-sous-marin-ce-qu-il-faut-retenir-du-discours-d-emmanuel-macron-20260302?mc_cid=d080eb3e36&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Le Figaro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>French president Emmanuel Macron announced that eight European countries have expressed readiness to join the initiative: the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Sweden, and Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>Under the concept outlined by Macron, participating countries could host elements of France\u2019s \u201cstrategic air forces,\u201d allowing them to be deployed deeper into the European continent in order to \u201ccomplicate the calculations of our adversaries.\u201d The initiative is presented as a step toward strengthening Europe\u2019s strategic autonomy and reinforcing deterrence amid heightened security tensions linked to Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Romania\u2019s absence from the list comes in a broader diplomatic context in which president Nicu\u0219or Dan recently attended an event hosted by US president Donald Trump focused on peace initiatives (Board of Peace) and mainly populated by leaders of authoritarian regimes, while not participating in last week\u2019s ceremonies in Kyiv marking four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Bucharest has traditionally relied strongly on the US security umbrella within NATO, including the presence of American troops and the Aegis Ashore missile defence system at Deveselu.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No official statement has yet been issued by Romanian authorities regarding potential participation in the French initiative.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">Alexander Filon\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania is not among the European countries that have so far agreed to participate in France\u2019s proposed \u201cextended nuclear deterrence\u201d framework, according to Le Figaro. French president Emmanuel Macron announced that eight European countries have expressed readiness to join the initiative: the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Sweden, and Denmark. Under the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}