Even if Russia were a direct threat to French national security, what good would an aircraft carrier do? F rench President ...

By Elizabeth Howcroft, Supantha Mukherjee and Michael Kahn PARIS/STOCKHOLM/PRAGUE (Reuters) -As venture capital investors ...

Mr. Barnier told the Agence France-Presse news agency that the ... After Russia invaded Ukraine, he substantially increased military spending to deal with the threat. All that spending seemed ...

To secure their countries in uncertain times, governments around the globe are set to increase defence budgets to a size that ...

France will reach NATO’s target of spending 2 ... The official added that the budget problems could undermine relations with defense contractors. “If the state encourages manufacturers to produce by ...

Much like the EU's 17th package that was adopted on May 20, the new measures include blacklisting more individuals and ...

Two problems immediately arise ... True, France is too close to Communist China. True, France has skimped on defense spending for too long, preferring to lecture America with Gaullist arrogance.

France is trying to shut out British arms firms from the EU’s defence industrial programme despite the post-Brexit reset.

France like many other EU countries has increased military spending in the face of Russian ... France has made a timely decision to issue survival manuals to its residents. The 20-page manual ...

While there is a growing consensus that new military spending ... than from Germany or France — duplicating efforts across the bloc. Europe already has some redundancy problems in defense.

April 5, 2025: Global defense spending reached $2.46 trillion in 2024 ... equipment shortages, maintenance issues and generally low readiness level. France was better off, at $41.2 billion, or 1.5 ...

Johansson told BI that Sweden's boost in defense spending to 3.5% of GDP would still take "a couple of years" before it ...