President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Britain, which began Tuesday, is heavy on pageantry. But both he and Prime Minister Keir Starmer hope for practical results.

Britain and France will join together to use nuclear weapons against any “extreme threats” towards Europe, Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have declared. A newly-signed declaration by the leaders will state that the two countries’ nuclear deterrents are independent but can be co-ordinated in a joint attack on Europe’s enemies.

Each time we depend, each time we are not able to stand up and decide and agree to disagree, this is the beginning of our problem,' French president tells UK Parliament - Anadolu Ajansı

President Emmanuel Macron is on a state visit to Britain, the first by a French leader since 2008. His hosts are drenching him in pomp, pizazz and protocol.

France and Britain on Thursday agreed to reinforce cooperation over their respective nuclear arsenals as the two European powerhouses seek to respond to growing threats to the continent and uncertainty over their U.

The French president is the first European leader to have a state visit to the UK and address a joint sitting of the Houses of Parliament since Brexit

Even as French President Emmanuel Macron has beaten Donald Trump to arrive in the United Kingdom on a state visit, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is unlikely to change his position on the President of the United States.

French President Emmanuel Macron hailed the ruling as a ‘positive step’, after Beijing granted exemptions to France’s top cognac makers.