All European countries are massively ramping up defense spending, and all are facing similar issues on where to find the cash to do so. In January, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called on European ...

NATO leaders on Wednesday agreed to hike defence spending and expressed their "ironclad commitment" to come to each other's ...

PARIS — The collapse of the French government is undermining the country’s defense plans as the military budget won’t increase until the political crisis is resolved.. On Wednesday, the Council of ...

PARIS - France's public investment bank Bpifrance will launch a 450 million euro ($490 million) defence-focused fund, Finance Minister Eric Lombard said on Thursday, ahead of a speech in which he ...

France's public investment bank Bpifrance will launch a 450 million euro ($490 million) defence-focused fund, Finance Minister Eric Lombard said on Thursday, ahead of a speech in which he will ...

France’s defence industry moves toward war footing Increased defence spending having an effect on companies converting from declining sectors like automobiles Content-Type: ...

France intends to further increase defence spending, Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu told the broadcaster France Inter on Thursday. The defence budget needs to be increased from the current ...

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% ...

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 ...

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

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 ...