Yesterday the deputies approved an additional 36 billion euros for the armies by 2030, by voting for a revision of the military programming law wanted by the government in the face of the new international context. “This law makes it possible to respond to the acceleration of the threat,” declared Minister of the Armed Forces Catherine Vautrin after the vote. An increasingly threatening international context. Today Iran promised to extend the war “beyond the region” of the Middle East if the United States attacks it again, after threats from Donald Trump to resume hostilities for lack of breakthrough in peace negotiations. “If the aggression against Iran is repeated, the promised regional war will this time extend far beyond the region, and our devastating blows will crush you,” said the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic. And in Europe, a drone alert was launched in Lithuania this morning, causing the population, including the president and the Prime Minister, to descend to shelters. Russia bears “direct responsibility” for the incidents linked to drones which have multiplied in recent months in the Baltic countries, Ursula von der Leyen denounced on Wednesday this afternoon, promising a strong response from the European Union.
Alice Rufo is Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs.
