PARIS — Will France’s defense-spending boost threaten the country’s beloved welfare ... All European countries are massively ramping up defense spending, and all are facing similar issues on where to ...

However, with French budgets already stretched, the government faces significant challenges in funding these defence ambitions. European Central Bank (ECB) member Francois Villeroy de Galhau said ...

If the increase in defence spending to 3% of GDP or more is not offset by more stringent budgetary efforts and/or burden sharing at the EU level, France’s budget deficit is likely to exceed 4% ...

France intends to further increase defence spending, Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu told the broadcaster France Inter on ...

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 ...

As Britain hikes defence spending, London is planning to cut its development aid, a move France would find difficult after having already slashed such outlays by more than 30% in the 2025 budget.

About 45% of the show will be dedicated to defense and security, a “strong increase” from the previous event in 2023, the ...

PARIS - A budget-constrained France could launch a national loan to fund plans to beef up its defence spending, Prime Minister Francois Bayrou and Finance Minister Eric Lombard said on Friday.

PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron wants to build up French defence spending as Washington threatens to pull its European security guarantee, but funding those plans as his government ...

PARIS (Reuters) - France rejected criticism from new U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that it lagged in defence, saying it met NATO's target to spend 2% of GDP on its military, was on course to ...