Excitement about EU atomic bomb: Is it all just a ghost debate?. Some consider it a dangerous intellectual debate, others find the discussion absolutely necessary.

Of the nine countries that have nuclear weapons, three are in NATO: the USA, France and Great Britain. The core of the deterrence system are the US nuclear weapons stationed in Europe, in whose use countries like Germany could also be involved through the concept of “nuclear sharing” The question could be whether there could be a stronger European dimension of nuclear deterrence.