Macron says France has fulfilled 'commitment to rearm' in annual speech to military
- The increase in defence budgets since Macron took office in 2017 with a focus on France’s “rearmament” is a “commitment that has been fulfilled”, the president stated Monday in his traditional address to the armed forces.
- “In 2017, I announced that the defence budget would be increased, that commitments would be fulfilled, and that France and its armed forces would rise to the occasion and fulfill their duties and responsibilities ...
- The commitment has been fulfilled; the facts speak for themselves, and history will judge,” Macron said on the eve of the final July 14 military parade of his pr
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- The increase in defence budgets since Macron took office in 2017 with a focus on France’s “rearmament” is a “commitment that has been fulfilled”, the president stated Monday in his traditional address to the armed forces.
- “In 2017, I announced that the defence budget would be increased, that commitments would be fulfilled, and that France and its armed forces would rise to the occasion and fulfill their duties and responsibilities ...
- The commitment has been fulfilled; the facts speak for themselves, and history will judge,” Macron said on the eve of the final July 14 military parade of his pr
Sources: France 24