DECRYPTION – The National Assembly adopted on Tuesday the update of the Military Programming Law by increasing its appropriations by 36 billion euros.
The military programming law “actualization” was adopted. Parliamentarians voted 440 votes for and 122 against an increase of 36 billion euros in credits allocated to defense by 2030. The initial version of the LPM 2024-2030 provided for 400 billion euros in budget and 13 billion euros in revenue. extra-budgetary. Although these are still surrounded by uncertainty and could vary “one or two billion”worries a connoisseur of the file, even rising only to « the halfé »says another, the army budget will have doubled during Emmanuel Macron’s two five-year terms. For the President of the Republic, who wants definitive adoption of the text before July 14, it will be a central part of his assessment: having given the armies the means to defend France against a possible “choc” military in the coming years. The effort is undeniable. But it also has limits.
With a budget of 57.1 billion…
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