https://www.dw.com/en/france-macron-announces-plans-to-boost-defense-sp ending/a-73263339
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced a plan
to increase defense spending over the next two weeks due
to growing threats.
In the French president's traditional speech to the military
on the eve of Bastille Day, Macron said, "Since 1945, freedom
has never been so threatened, and never so seriously.''
According to Macron, France's annual defense spending will
rise to €64 billion ($74.8 billion) by 2027 — an amount
that would double the €32 billion in annual spending when
he became president in 2017. France had aimed to reach
this goal by 2030.
Macron also said that an additional €3.5 billion will be
allocated for 2026 and a further €3 billion in 2027, the
end of his second term.
"To be free in this world, we must be feared. To be feared,
we must be powerful,'' Macron said.
"Never has peace on our continent depended to such an extent
on the decisions that we take now," he added.
. . .
Looks like circumstances and Trump are finally
getting the EU/NATO in gear.
Looks like circumstances and Trump are finally
getting the EU/NATO in gear.
Looks like circumstances and Trump are finally
getting the EU/NATO in gear.
The best part is that France won't buy a single round or bomb from the USA. That should enrage Trump, get ready for another hilarious online temper tantrum.
On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 01:52:52 +0000, Mitchell Holman <[email protected]>sp
wrote:
c186282 <[email protected]> wrote in >>news:[email protected]:
https://www.dw.com/en/france-macron-announces-plans-to-boost-defense-
ending/a-73263339
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced a plan
to increase defense spending over the next two weeks due
to growing threats.
In the French president's traditional speech to the military
on the eve of Bastille Day, Macron said, "Since 1945, freedom
has never been so threatened, and never so seriously.''
According to Macron, France's annual defense spending will
rise to €64 billion ($74.8 billion) by 2027 — an amount
that would double the €32 billion in annual spending when
he became president in 2017. France had aimed to reach
this goal by 2030.
Macron also said that an additional €3.5 billion will be
allocated for 2026 and a further €3 billion in 2027, the
end of his second term.
"To be free in this world, we must be feared. To be feared,
we must be powerful,'' Macron said.
"Never has peace on our continent depended to such an extent
on the decisions that we take now," he added.
. . .
Looks like circumstances and Trump are finally
getting the EU/NATO in gear.
Looks like the EU is getting the message
that America cannot be trusted and will abandon
any committment it makes.
Or maybe they've realized what Clinton, Bush and Obama told them. "We
can't secure the Pacific *and* Europe."
On 7/15/25 8:37 PM, David Freeman wrote:
Looks like circumstances and Trump are finally
getting the EU/NATO in gear.
The best part is that France won't buy a single round or bomb from
the USA. That should enrage Trump, get ready for another hilarious
online temper tantrum.
Ummm ... let's wait and see about that. The USA
has, and is sole maker of, some things Ukraine
just MUST have now.
Basically, what's going to happen is a political
version of the shell game. The EU countries will
buy our advanced weapons, then we will find a
backdoor - politically acceptable - way to pay
them back, or at least mostly so.
Sorry isolationists - the world just doesn't work
that way anymore.
Trump HAS tried with Vlad, but
Vlad has CHANGED over the past years,
he's in a
whole different mode of thought and cannot be
'negotiated' with in the usual ways. However he
must be opposed, blocked, distracted, taxed.
On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 02:23:23 +0000, Mitchell Holman <[email protected]>defense-
wrote:
Governor Swill <[email protected]> wrote in >>news:[email protected]:
On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 01:52:52 +0000, Mitchell Holman <[email protected]>
wrote:
c186282 <[email protected]> wrote in >>>>news:[email protected]:
https://www.dw.com/en/france-macron-announces-plans-to-boost-
"Wesp
ending/a-73263339
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced a plan
to increase defense spending over the next two weeks due
to growing threats.
In the French president's traditional speech to the military
on the eve of Bastille Day, Macron said, "Since 1945, freedom
has never been so threatened, and never so seriously.''
According to Macron, France's annual defense spending will
rise to €64 billion ($74.8 billion) by 2027 — an amount
that would double the €32 billion in annual spending when
he became president in 2017. France had aimed to reach
this goal by 2030.
Macron also said that an additional €3.5 billion will be
allocated for 2026 and a further €3 billion in 2027, the
end of his second term.
"To be free in this world, we must be feared. To be feared,
we must be powerful,'' Macron said.
"Never has peace on our continent depended to such an extent
on the decisions that we take now," he added.
. . .
Looks like circumstances and Trump are finally
getting the EU/NATO in gear.
Looks like the EU is getting the message
that America cannot be trusted and will abandon
any committment it makes.
Or maybe they've realized what Clinton, Bush and Obama told them.
can't secure the Pacific *and* Europe."
But we can always support Israel.
No matter what Israel does.
That never changes.
I make no apologies for Israel of US Israel policy. In practical
political terms Israel is a beachhead in the ME that can't be beat.
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