France and Poland deepen defence ties amid Russian threat

WARSAW – French President Emmanuel Macron travelled to Poland on Monday for talks with Prime Minister Donald Tusk focused on defence cooperation, as both countries respond to Russia’s threat and growing doubts over US security guarantees.

Senior ministers from both governments also attended the meeting in the Baltic Sea port of Gdańsk – the first joint cabinet session under the Treaty of Nancy, a bilateral pact signed in 2025 committing the two countries to annual ministerial gatherings.

The treaty was designed to repair bilateral relations strained during the previous Law and Justice administration in Warsaw. Discussions focused on strengthening military cooperation between the two countries.

“We see the geopolitical landscape the same way and share the same concerns about geostrategic instability,” Tusk said at a joint press conference with Macron. “We agree on the need to safeguard European sovereignty, to stand by Ukraine, and to preserve the transatlantic bond –…