La Francia annuncia piani per aumentare le scorte di armi ed espandere il budget per la difesa per contrastare la minaccia russa
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/04/08/france-announces-plans-to-boost-weapon-stocks-and-expand-defense-budget-to-counter-russian-threat_6752234_7.html
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Did this get posted yet? Surely it must have been, but I don’t see it.
On top of the Russian threat, though I don’t agree with the general belief that there’s a direct threat from the US to European territory we’re now in the situation where US foreign policy is **directly** harming our interests – even if the total blockage of Hormuz is resolved, the idea that an international waterway through which significant economic interests of ours flows might now be subject to tolls is a concept that many a war has been fought over in the past. Since America is now abdicating its role as the global hegemon that would formerly have guaranteed free passage, I think we’re going to need to act on the assumption that for the foreseeable future we’re going to have to be able to defend our own interests in such regions.
France should start sending weapons to Greenland, Russia is not a real threat the coming 2-5 years.
Probably gearing up for a US invasion…. Oh wait, Canada, Greenland, Cuba, then France….
“Russian”
Of course, this increase is due to the threat from Russia, which has exhausted all its forces on Ukrainian resistance and is bogged down there for a long time.
Let’s not say anything about Washington, its threats against Greenland, or its generally humiliating words about Europe. /s
Let’s just keep quiet and do our job properly.
Good for the French
The EU as a whole should stop buying American weapons, take those billions and invest them into a united European arm complex and get the Ukrainian to join for the drones division.
Should have started doing this decades ago but it’s still not too late.
The ammunition increase is happening but no new Rafale order and no new frigate or submarine orders. At least they should increase the number of VLS on the Horizon class Chevalier Paul and Forbin to reach 64 VLS.
Another EU move that is a plan for Ukrainian failure.
There won’t be a russian threat if Ukraine wins.
remember when we in EU say „russian threat“ what we mean is Israeli-US threat
All of europe should be self sufficent and independent anyways, if what the hell is going on with america is any indication, we need to stop pretending other countries are actually valuing cooperation and peace.
and by russian threat, he means american threat.
It seems it also makes it official that France is leaving the Eurodrone.
Only the Russian threat? I feel like they might have some larger concerns across the ocean.