French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the nation on Wednesday laying out the challenges facing France and Europe in the wake of the United States’ changing position on Ukraine under President Donald Trump.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said he was willing to discuss offering European allies the protection of France's nuclear capabilities, adding that Russia represented a genuine threat to the continent's security with U.

The French president addressed the nation amid concerns over Trump's upending of US-Europe ties French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday announced he would discuss extending France's nuclear deterrent to European partners and raised the possibility of sending European troops to Ukraine to enforce a peace deal,

France will consider extending the protection of its nuclear arsenal to its allies, French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday, while warning that Europe needs to be ready for the United States to not “remain by our side” in the Ukraine-Russia war.

In a televised address, President Emmanuel Macron warned that Europe needed to deal with a retreating America and a bellicose Russia.

In a television address tonight, he said the world was entering a 'new era' and a 'global conflict' was already underway.