Germany's Schaeuble calls on Berlin to help fund French nukes

Germany should contribute towards the costs of France's nuclear arsenal as the threat of nuclear war 

Germany should contribute towards the costs of France's nuclear arsenal as the threat of nuclear war with Russia looms over Europe, German political veteran Wolfgang Schaeuble said in an interview published on Saturday, Qazet.az reports.

"Now that Putin's accomplices are threatening a nuclear strike every day, one thing is clear to me: we need nuclear deterrence at the European level as well," Schaeuble, a former finance minister who has served as a member of the German parliament for five decades, told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper.

France has such weapons, he said, adding: 

"In our own interest, we Germans must make a financial contribution to the French nuclear force in return for a joint nuclear deterrent."