Posted Apr 2, 2023, 6:44 PMUpdated on Apr 3, 2023 at 5:52 am
The “France to the nearest euro”, promised by the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire, a few months ago, is not valid for everyone. While the Council of Ministers must examine this Tuesday a very generous military programming law which plans to double the budget of the Ministry of the Armed Forces by 2030 compared to 2017, it also benefits from a new budgetary boost. very substantial this year.
“I have asked the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister to soon submit to Parliament a request for additional expenditure of 1.5 billion euros in 2023. This sum will allow us to cushion the effects of inflation, but also to accelerate the repair of our armies”, explained Sébastien Lecornu, the Minister of the Armies, in an interview with “Parisien” this Sunday.