US Nuclear Weapons out of Europe

There are 480 US/NATO nuclear weapons in Europe. Send a message to the Defence Ministers of Germany, UK, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands and Turkey to ask that they demand removal of US nuclear weapons from their soil.

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To: Defence Ministers of Germany, UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, and Turkey.

I firmly believe that the 480 US owned and controlled nuclear weapons that remain in Europe and Turkey are an unnecessary and dangerous legacy of the cold war that should be removed to the US and dismantled.

North Korea’s entry into the nuclear club, instigated by the nuclear test on 9th October 2006, calls for international diplomacy to de-escalate tensions in the region. Negotiations with European states hosting weapons from the US arsenal are undermined by the presence of US Nuclear weapons on their soil. It is time for European states to put an end their nuclear hypocrisy and remove and dismantle these nuclear weapons.

What's more, these weapons are owned and controlled by the US.  If you don’t have a say over how these weapons are used, it is a dangerous betrayal of your citizens to allow them to be present on your soil.  These US nuclear weapons are a clear and present danger and should be removed.

The time is right for change. As NATO reviews its purpose and objectives and speaks of  ‘modernisation’, there is an opportunity for NATO members to take responsibility for the nuclear weapons on their soil and send them back to the US for dismantlement. NATO in the 21st century should be free of 20th century nuclear weapons and doctrines.

You can help achieve real peace by taking practical steps towards diplomacy and negotiations between states in the region on creating a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone.

Yours faithfully,