BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Sunday said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing their nuclear weapons, but not as a substitute for U.S. nuclear protection of Europe.

German chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz is open to negotiations regarding the joint use of nuclear weapons between the United Kingdom and France. However, he does not rule out the protection of the United States,

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said he would like to speak with France and Britain about sharing their nuclear weapons.

Germany needs to talk to France and Britain about jointly increasing European nuclear deterrence, conservative leader Friedrich Merz said on Sunday. Speaking to national public radio Deutschlandfunk,