2026 Budget: No savings on Defense

In the current context, the Élysée Palace has announced that the defense budget will be preserved. At the express request of Emmanuel Macron, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, General Thierry Burkhard, will hold a press conference late this morning, a format unprecedented since his appointment in 2021. The objective: to prepare minds before Emmanuel Macron's speech to the armed forces on Sunday evening, on the eve of July 14. This morning, the general will detail the new threats facing France: the Russian threat, the increasingly frequent use of force, as in Gaza and recently in Iran, and a world order disrupted by the election of Donald Trump.

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