Cornu Asks Members to "Approve" the "Principle of an Increase in the Defence Budget" in 2026
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The increase in the defence budget "to support a faster rise in our armed forces by 2026" will be the subject of a debate and a vote on principle in the Assembly, the Prime Minister announced this Wednesday.
Sébastien Lecornu Asks Mps to "Approve" the "Principle of an Increase in the Defence Budget" in 2026
On Wednesday, Sébastien Lecornu addressed the deputies, meeting at the National Assembly, as part of his statement on the national defence strategy. Minister of the Army for more than three years, Matignon's tenant is a regular defender of defence issues. He asked the elected members of the nation to "approve" the "principle of an increase in the defence budget" in 2026."The government asks you to debate and vote on whether or not to approve the…
The debate on the army budget held this Wednesday in the National Assembly will be followed by a vote with no legislative value but with a strong political and symbolic significance. The government warns about the risk of a rejection of the state budget that would deprive the French military of the €6.7 billion extension needed to deal with threats.
While the Fifth Republic is going through a historical crisis and the 2026 budget provides for an austere bleed to finance the race for militarization, intense debates are taking place within the General Staff on the follow-up to the rearmament and on the army that French imperialism wants to rebuild. 24 November 2025, taken from the site of the Permanent Revolution, by Sara Yuki. After a historic rejection at the assembly, the examination of th…
If no budget is adopted on time, the state will operate on the basis of the renewed appropriations. For the armed forces, this scenario would be particularly brutal. The defence budget, already extremely constrained, conditionalizes all operational capabilities, from the renewal of equipment to the training of the forces. Without parliamentary arbitration, the military machine could quickly fluctuate. Without a voted budget, immediate cuts in eq…
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