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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PARIS (Reuters) - 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 ...

US President Donald Trump has called on Nato members to more than double their defence spending and aligned the United States with Russian rhetoric on the war in Ukraine. French President Emmanuel ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron addresses the French people in a televised speech about the war in Ukraine. Ludovic Marin/AFP/dpa 31,228 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you ...

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