{"id":31019,"date":"2026-03-02T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/31019\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T19:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:00:08","slug":"denmark-to-cooperate-with-france-on-nuclear-deterrence-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/31019\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark to cooperate with France on nuclear deterrence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COPENHAGEN, March 2 (Reuters) &#8211; Denmark has entered \u200can agreement on strategic nuclear deterrence with France, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen \u200bsaid on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel \u200bMacron <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/macron-says-france-will-increase-size-its-nuclear-arsenal-2026-03-02\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said on Monday<\/a> that France will \u2060expand its nuclear arsenal and \u200bstrengthen its deterrent with an unprecedented \u200bcooperation with European partners, in what he called a major change in nuclear doctrine.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"promo-box\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__promo-box__hVl8h\"> Sign up  <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/denmark-cooperate-with-france-nuclear-deterrence-2026-03-02\/undefined?location=article-paragraph&amp;redirectUrl=%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Fdenmark-cooperate-with-france-nuclear-deterrence-2026-03-02%2F\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stronger \u200bcooperation will contribute to strengthening Europe&#8217;s \u200bdeterrence capability. Unfortunately, this is necessary because \u200cthe \u2060military threat from Russia is expected to increase in the coming years,&#8221; Frederiksen told journalists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We would like to \u200bemphasize today \u200bthat \u2060strategic cooperation will complement, and in no way replace, \u200bthe cooperation we have in \u200bthe \u2060area of deterrence within NATO,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said \u2060the \u200bstrategic cooperation does not \u200binclude having nuclear weapons on Danish territory.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"SignOff\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__extra_small__8Buss body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__extra_small_body__Bfz20 sign-off-module__text__LQAMP\">Reporting by \u200bLouise Rasmussen, editing by Stine Jacobsen<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Body\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__element__5eCce article-body-module__trust-badge__5mS3f\">Our Standards: <a data-testid=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thomsonreuters.com\/en\/about-us\/trust-principles.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__medium__2Rl30 text-module__small__sph8i link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC link-module__with-icon__qlg76\">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersagency.com\/en\/licensereuterscontent\/?utm_medium=rcom-article-media&amp;utm_campaign=rcom-rcp-lead\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"button-module__link__A3sD0 button-module__secondary__70gBu button-module__round__QDFgq button-module__w_auto__Sem-F\" data-testid=\"LicenceContentButton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Purchase Licensing Rights<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COPENHAGEN, March 2 (Reuters) &#8211; Denmark has entered \u200can agreement on strategic nuclear deterrence with France, Danish Prime&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[10285,18547,18546,18545,27,18537,26,18558,18557,18550,10305,10299,10293,10301,18553,18563,18559,18551,18555,18561,10287,10298,10307,18565,18556,10297,10290,10306,18552,10291,18564,18562,18554,10292,18560,10303,18538,10247,10249,327,10246,18543,18544,10274,18539,18540,3549,10286,74,18541,18549,10248,18542,18566,10279,18536,10245,18548,652,546,10244],"class_list":["post-31019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denmark","tag-amers","tag-caribn","tag-cw","tag-cwp","tag-danmark","tag-def","tag-denmark","tag-destafa","tag-destc","tag-destcsa","tag-destd","tag-destda","tag-deste","tag-destfn","tag-destg","tag-destgns","tag-destgro","tag-destlby","tag-destm","tag-destmtl","tag-destnw","tag-desto","tag-destoil","tag-destouswdm","tag-destpge","tag-destpsc","tag-destrast","tag-destrbn","tag-destreulb","tag-destrnp","tag-destrws","tag-destrwsa","tag-destsof","tag-destsw","tag-destu","tag-destucdptest","tag-dip","tag-dk","tag-emea","tag-eu","tag-europ","tag-ezc","tag-fr","tag-gen","tag-govact","tag-intag","tag-latam","tag-namer","tag-nato","tag-news1","tag-nl","tag-nord","tag-nucl","tag-packageworld-news","tag-pol","tag-rulesworld-france","tag-scandv","tag-se","tag-us","tag-war","tag-weu"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}