France will reach NATO’s target of spending 2 percent of GDP on defense this ... The official added that the budget problems could undermine relations with defense contractors. “If the state ...

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 ...

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 struggles to tame an ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is spearheading an accelerating effort to reshape European security. He is taking the initiative just as the European Commission agrees on an €800bn plan to ...

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

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.

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. European ...

In France, super-rich ... make more efforts [to increase defence budgets]," warned Lombard, but he promised that this would ...

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 ...

France is set to issue a survival manual to households ... saying the country should increase defence spending to 3-3.5 per cent of economic output from the current 2 per cent.