France will reach NATO’s target of spending 2 percent of GDP on defense ... we have a somewhat fragile defense industrial base.” The official added that the budget problems could undermine relations ...

France’s military would ideally need a yearly budget of just under €100 billion — which would amount to finding about €30 billion more each year compared to what was previously foreseen by the ...

Championed by French President Emmanuel Macron, the bill would notably modernize France’s nuclear arsenal, boost intelligence spending ... the French military. “An issue we unfortunately ...

PARIS/STOCKHOLM/PRAGUE (Reuters) -As venture capital investors look to profit from Europe’s defence spending boom, ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron addresses the French people in a televised speech about the war in Ukraine. Ludovic Marin/AFP/dpa 31,228 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you ...

The defence spending of France is projected to rise from $60.4bn in 2024 to $67.8bn by 2029, according to a recent report by GlobalData. In July 2023, France announced its defence spending plans ...

France’s parliament will have a say in the final budget amount, and the Assembly’s defense committee plans to interview additional government leaders as well as industry chiefs in the months ...

(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration’s rapidly-changing policies on Europe and Ukraine are boosting support for increased defense spending in France and the UK, new polls show. An Ipsos poll of ...

Yet by clearly putting France on the path to meet and likely exceed NATO’s 2%-of-GDP minimum defense spending target, Macron is also showing that France is willing to be a leading partner of the ...