French leader says the planned 2024-30 budget will change the military for the possibility of high-intensity conflicts.
The spending spree is needed to ensure “our freedom, our security, our prosperity, our place in the world”, said Macron.
The budget for the period will stand at 413 billion euros ($447bn), up from 295 billion euros ($320bn) in 2019-2025, which means by 2030 France’s military budget would have doubled since he took power in 2017.
The money would notably go to modernising France’s nuclear arsenal.
Although France is the world’s third-biggest arms exporter and the European Union’s sole nuclear power, it has come under criticism for not sending more weapons to Kyiv.
Macron also said France would pay particular attention to its military presence in overseas territories, especially in the Asia-Pacific where new threats were emerging.
:france-cool: :kombucha-disgust:
Saying near the exact same things as politicians in Australia are saying. They are all very much trying to prepare for more tension with China
All these fuckers have the same script
All these fuckers have the same script
They all have the same higher-ups lmao
General strike
"LeT's RaIsE tHe MiLiTaRy BuDgEt!"
Unless Melenchon runs again, might as well give the office to LePen at this point.
Highly doubt it but those French striking against a 2 year retirement age increase better hold the same energy for this
I feel like throwing this in while that’s still going on is a good way to get people extra pissed about this
Yeah thats the first thing I thought of. Thats where the money is going lmao
There's never enough money to find a few million to improve society somewhat, only a few billion more to make another society (or the imperial core for that matter) worse.
Military-industrial complex rejoices.
Starting this war in Ukraine is the best thing to happen to them in a generation.
Macron also said France would pay particular attention to its military presence in overseas territories, especially in the Asia-Pacific where new threats were emerging.
France, an Asian country with a Pacific coastline.
