France: Nuclear Weapons

(asked on 11th July 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release entitled New Storm Shadow and missile cooperation to boost jobs as UK and France reboot defence relationship, published on 9 July 2025, what discussions he has had with his (a) French and (b) NATO counterparts on France’s potential membership of the NATO Nuclear Planning Group.


Answered by
Maria Eagle Portrait
Maria Eagle
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 21st July 2025

France does not participate in NATO’s Nuclear Planning Group. This is a matter for the French Government.

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