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France would need both financial and military support from the EU navies to have another carrier strike group.

Building another carrier will only cost another 10 billion euros, France can easily afford that. What is more expensive is to provide another 2,500 complement for this new carrier and air wing. And to add another group of ASW/Air Defence frigates, attack submarines, supply ships, to support this new carrier strike group.

France already collaborates quite well with the UK and US carrier strike groups. However, there is currently no carrier strike group composed entirely of EU warships, as most EU navies lack both sufficient engagement and financial stability.

From a geopolitical perspective, it would make sense to defend key maritime and air commercial routes in high-risk areas such as the Gulf of Aden and Bab-el-Mandeb, the South China Sea, the Horn of Africa and Arabian Sea, the Mozambique Channel and the Eastern Mediterranean.

With its current defense budget of 2% of GDP, France can realistically finance only one carrier strike group on its own. Nevertheless, additional CSGs would significantly enhance the protection of European economies and exports.

The idea of a European strike sounds great, 2 seems sufficient tho