Question 2553 — foreign policy

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Mr Jean-Luc Mélenchon draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the world. On October 6, 2017, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. This prize, awarded during this period of rising tensions between the United States of America and North Korea, against a backdrop of nuclear threats, calls for questioning the proliferation of atomic weapons throughout the world. Of course, nuclear deterrence is at the heart of French military doctrine. In the world as it is, it is the guarantor of the country's independence and its security. There can be no question of disarming unilaterally, which would de facto force France to place itself under the nuclear umbrella of another power. Disarmament can only be the result of discussions multilateral agreements between nuclear powers, and progressive. The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), of which France has been a signatory since 1968, stipulates in Article 6 that the signatory States undertake “to pursue in good faith negotiations on effective measures relating to the cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a general disarmament treaty and complete under strict and effective international control”. Since then, the number of states possessing nuclear weapons has increased and so has the firepower of each of these powers. In January 2017, the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, declared himself in favor of relaunching discussions around the denuclearization of the world, during a speech at the United Nations in Geneva. This outstretched hand has no the moment was not seized by the other powers, including France. He therefore wishes to question him about France's position on the subject. France, a nuclear power and member of the United Nations Security Council, could initiate international negotiations on nuclear disarmament. He asks her for her position on this issue.

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