{"id":117509,"date":"2026-07-16T21:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/the-germans-will-participate-for-the-first-time-in-such-an-event-macron-and-merz-call-their-soldiers-to-poker\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:13:38","slug":"the-germans-will-participate-for-the-first-time-in-such-an-event-macron-and-merz-call-their-soldiers-to-poker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/en\/the-germans-will-participate-for-the-first-time-in-such-an-event-macron-and-merz-call-their-soldiers-to-poker\/","title":{"rendered":"The Germans will participate for the first time in such an event. Macron and Merz call their soldiers to &#8220;Poker&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>German military personnel are set to participate for the first time in nuclear military exercises, alongside French soldiers. The maneuvers, named <\/strong>&#8220;<strong>Poker,&#8221; are scheduled to take place this fall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision represents a significant step in Franco-German military and nuclear deterrence cooperation, writes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.antena3.ro\/externe\/soldati-francezi-si-germani-vor-participa-pentru-prima-data-impreuna-la-poker-exercitiul-militar-nuclear-va-avea-loc-vineri-795851.html\">Antena3<\/a>. Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron are set to agree on the joint exercise during the Franco-German Security and Defense Council meeting. The event will be organized at the Noervenich air base, on Friday.<br\/><br\/>In a landmark speech in March, Macron stated that several European countries, including Germany, had agreed to increase cooperation with France in the field of nuclear deterrence.<br\/><br\/>Options for this new cooperation include participation in &#8220;Poker&#8221;, an exercise in which aerial nuclear bombings are simulated, using the French Rafale aircraft, capable of carrying nuclear payloads.<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German military personnel are set to participate for the first time in nuclear military exercises, alongside French soldiers. The maneuvers, named &#8220;Poker,&#8221; are scheduled to take place this fall. The decision represents a significant step in Franco-German military and nuclear deterrence cooperation, writes Antena3. Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron are set to agree on the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":117396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1135],"tags":[16223,9993,18405,17187,18404],"class_list":["post-117509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-foreign-affairs-en","tag-france-2","tag-germany","tag-merz-2","tag-military-2","tag-poker"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Germans will participate for the first time in such an event. Macron and Merz call their soldiers to &quot;Poker&quot; - DISINFO.MD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Germans will participate for the first time in such a thing. 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