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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that Poland is in talks with France and a group of close European allies on an advanced nuclear deterrence programme.

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Poland's involvement in French nuclear deterrence talksreported_dispute

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that Poland is in talks with France on nuclear deterrence.

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Marcin Przydacz, aide to President Nawrocki, cast doubt on this and said the president was not informed.

According to notesfrompoland.com

Context: This indicates internal disagreement within the Polish government about nuclear cooperation with France, raising questions about policy coherence.

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