Macron: Europe must increase defence spending

France has planned to spend €413 billion on defence between 2024 and 2030, which aims to adapt the country and Europe to increasing global threats. This is simply a crucial increase compared to the erstwhile period, erstwhile France spent €295 billion between 2019 and 2025. This increase is to be achieved through an yearly increase in the defence budget, an example of which is the budget for 2026, in which it is expected to be EUR 57.2 billion.