The defence spending of France is projected to rise from $60.4bn in 2024 to $67.8bn by 2029, according to a recent report by GlobalData. In July 2023, France announced its defence spending plans ...

The Fifth Republic finds that it’s too deeply in debt to defend itself.

As Paris eyes a major defence boost, fiscal constraints risk slowing one of Europe’s most ambitious rearmament plans.

If the increase in defence spending to 3% of GDP or more is not offset by more stringent budgetary efforts and/or burden sharing at the EU level, France’s budget deficit is likely to exceed 4% ...

NATO leaders meeting in The Hague this month look set to agree to a major increase in military budgets under pressure from US President Donald Trump.

And even though France has limited room to borrow to scale up its own spending, it, too, could benefit from higher military outlays in the rest of the region, Goldman Sachs economists say.

In the following weeks, Europe’s three leading countries responded to Vance’s remarks with initiatives to increase military spending. However, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France face ...

The shortfall in defense spending is most evident is Spain ... Systems (UK), Leonardo (Italy), Rheinmetall (Germany), Thales (France) and Saab (Sweden) have all been on the rise despite recent ...

Even as the Trump administration demands that defense spending be ramped up, the president’s tariff war is roiling stock markets and is likely to damage economic growth around the world ...