Defense: The Senate removes the “budgetary trajectory of the armies” and takes Lecornu by surprise

DEFENSE – The government suffered a setback in the Senate after the removal of the budgetary trajectory of the military programming law until 2030

Bad surprise for Sébastien Lecornu. Indeed, the government suffered a setback in the Senate during the examination of the updating of the military programming law (LPM). The senators deleted the article which fixed the budgetary trajectory of the armies until 2030, calling into question the objective of bringing military spending to 436 billion euros over the period, or 36 billion more than what was planned in the previous programming adopted in 2023.

Asked on Public Senate on the sidelines of Questions to the Government, the Prime Minister recognized the difficulty created by this vote. “We are talking about a serious subject which is the military subject […] We need a trajectory that is sustainable. The real problem as we speak is that there is no longer any trajectory in the text,” he declared, while affirming that he wanted to “let the debates take place” in Parliament.

Lecornu calls on parliamentarians to find a way out

This deletion came after a disagreement between the government and the senatorial right. LR elected officials demanded an additional 14 billion euros for the armies. Defeated on this proposal in the hemicycle, they then obtained the rejection of the article defining the budgetary roadmap until 2030.

Faced with this situation, the head of government called on parliamentarians to find a way out. “The parliamentarians must find a solution but I will let the debates take place. I’m used to it, with what (…)

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