21 April 2026 10:44<\/p>\n
France is considering a significant increase in military spending as part of a revision of its Military Programming Law for 2024\u20132030.<\/p>\n
Originally, \u20ac413 billion had been allocated for defence over the six years, but the new draft proposes adding a further \u20ac36 billion, Caliber.Az<\/a> reports, citing French media<\/a>.<\/p>\n If adopted, France\u2019s annual defence budget could reach around \u20ac76.3 billion by 2030, or approximately 2.5% of GDP.<\/p>\n Co-rapporteur of the bill Jean-Louis Thi\u00e9riot described the initiative as effectively a \u201ctwo-year program\u201d and noted that even the increased funding may prove insufficient amid \u201cexistential threats\u201d and rising tensions in Europe.<\/p>\n Defence Minister Catherine Vautrin said the country must prepare for \u201cprolonged and high-intensity crises,\u201d including hybrid threats.<\/p>\n The opposition criticised the proposal, saying it is either overdue or simply reallocates existing spending.<\/p>\n Key areas of increased funding include ammunition, with an additional \u20ac8.5 billion allocated, as well as new security measures such as expanded capabilities to counter drones, strengthened cyber intelligence, and the creation of a new form of voluntary military service.<\/p>\n The document reflects France\u2019s course toward strengthening its defence capabilities amid growing geopolitical tensions, including the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.<\/p>\n By Bakhtiyar Abbasov<\/p>\n Caliber.Az<\/p>\n Read more about the key topics in this news story.<\/p>\n Views: 27<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"21 April 2026 10:44 France is considering a significant increase in military spending as part of a revision…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3975,3657,3656,5,3976,3979,1277,3978,3977,3974],"class_list":{"0":"post-7898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-analysis-of-azerbaijan","9":"tag-azerbaijan","10":"tag-baku","11":"tag-france","12":"tag-important-news-of-azerbaijan","13":"tag-international-experts","14":"tag-interviews","15":"tag-interviews-with-azerbaijani-analysts","16":"tag-news-from-baku","17":"tag-news-of-azerbaijan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}