The defence spending of France is projected to rise from $60.4bn in 2024 to $67.8bn by 2029, according to a recent report by GlobalData. In July 2023, France announced its defence spending plans ...

As Paris eyes a major defence boost, fiscal constraints risk slowing one of Europe’s most ambitious rearmament plans.

The Fifth Republic finds that it’s too deeply in debt to defend itself.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. French president Emmanuel Macron has reversed a decade of defence budget cuts by approving nearly €300bn ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron addresses the French people in a televised speech about the war in Ukraine. Ludovic Marin/AFP/dpa 28,756 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you ...

PARIS — The collapse of the French government is undermining the country’s defense plans as the military budget won’t increase until the political crisis is resolved. On Wednesday, the Council of ...

France on Wednesday announced plans to boost defence spending by more than 40 percent, bringing it into line with NATO targets after complaints from US President Donald Trump that Europe is not ...

If the increase in defence spending to 3% of GDP or more is not offset by more stringent budgetary efforts and/or burden sharing at the EU level, France’s budget deficit is likely to exceed 4% ...

PARIS — Will France’s defense-spending boost threaten the country’s beloved welfare state? French President Emmanuel Macron has sought to build up public approval on spending more on the French ...

PARIS—President François Hollande said Wednesday he will increase France’s military spending and permanently dedicate 7,000 soldiers to homeland security to counter the threat of terrorist ...

PARIS, May 27 (Reuters) - France is considering defence spending cuts although no definitive measures have been agreed upon yet, a defence ministry spokesman said on Thursday, in a move which ...

Championed by French President Emmanuel Macron, the bill would notably modernize France’s nuclear arsenal, boost intelligence spending by 60%, double the number of military reservists ...