French President Emmanuel Macron answered questions about Paris's nuclear weapons policy in a Wednesday television interview. He indicated that Moscow detonating a nuclear weapon in Ukraine would not cause Paris to use its nukes. Macron is facing criticism for his remarks.

Paris's current nuclear policy only allows for the deployment of its ultimate weapons in self-defense. In the interview, Marcon expressed a nuclear attack on Ukraine would not directly threaten France.

On France 2, Macron was asked "Would France consider a tactical strike by Russia as a nuclear strike?" He replied: "France has a nuclear doctrine. It lies in the nation's fundamental interests that are clearly defined. They wouldn't be questioned should there be a ballistic nuclear attack."

Kasja Ollongren, defense minister of the Netherlands, criticized Macron, Saying "[p]art of our deterrence is also not to speculate publicly on what kind of response, in what kind of situation, they would get." She continued, "I would not comment on different possibilities and say 'yes' or 'no'."