Increase in the army budget: “We can clearly see that nuclear deterrence no longer protects us from a conventional conflict” | TF1 Info

• Parliamentary discussion resumed on the increase in the budget of the French army on Monday May 4.
• This debate comes at a time when international tension around the war in Iran has not subsided.
• Political columnist Christophe Barbier delivers his analysis on LCI.

An increase of 36 billion euros by 2030. This is what is being debated in the National Assembly while the deputies began to look, Monday, May 4, at the military programming law (LPM), which provides for an increase in the budget of the French army, amounting currently at 413 billion euros.

“8.5 billion more for ammunition, 26 billion euros budget to replenish our ammunition stock, invest in drones, have additional A400M military transport planes, military service which is making a comeback and which must be budgeted for“, dissects political columnist Christophe Barbier on LCI, in a sequence to be found in the video at the top of this article. He also highlights the increase in the training budget for the troops, to the tune of 1.6 million euros.

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The goal would thus be to stick to what Emmanuel Macron defined when he went to close the Orion exercises. “I am here today to tell you to continue fighting to make France a power recognized by its allies and feared by its enemies.“, declared the President of the Republic on April 30, estimating that “we are right to continue to adapt to the threat” of the brutalization of the international environment.

“We adapt, not just a show of force, but a projection into the future. […] We can clearly see that nuclear deterrence no longer protects us from a conventional conflict“, concludes Christophe Barbier, reacting to Emmanuel Macron’s comments.