France must prepare for war
Last July, on the eve of the national holiday in France, French President, Emmanuel Macron, stressed the need for an “adjustment” of the country's defense budget in 2025.
This was a statement made during his traditional address to the armed forces, in front of an audience of high-ranking officers. Emmanuel Macron, due to the “rapprochement of threats”, and while the war in Ukraine is still raging, believes that this adjustment's necessary.
"The acceleration of time and the rapprochement of threats indeed requires new adjustments. This is why I ask you to continue to draw the consequences of the war as it will be tomorrow and not as we imagined it yesterday, and to prepare an adjustment of our military programming for 2025", he specifies.
He continues: "I'm talking about adjustment and not a complete overhaul," affirming that the ambitions and foundations for the defense of the country remain invariable.
(MH with Manon Pierre - Source: Francetvinfo - Illustration: Unsplash)