For the chief of staff of the armies, Russia “will constitute a real threat before 2030”

He had not spoken in public since the fall of 2021. In addition, The chief of staff of the armies (CEMA). Consequently, General Thierry Burkhard, took the chief staff armies, russia “will floor, Friday, July 11, on the occasion of a very rare press conference, to present, live on television, and before an audience of journalists, a “Threat panorama” which France has faced, according to him, since the start of the war in Ukraine.

The exercise. Therefore, unprecedented in its form, was expressly requested by Emmanuel Macron, during his visit to London, where Thierry Burkhard accompanied him. Objective: prepare the land for the advertisements of the head of state on the budget of the armies. scheduled for evening July 13, on the eve of the parade of July 14, and presented as “Major” by the Elysée.

While the military programming law (LPM). voted in 2023, provides for some 400 billion euros for the defense by 2030 – a record – this envelope is already too close in the face of the needs of the armies. An increasingly criticized chief staff armies, russia “will budgetary drift. which worries within the institution, and to which was added, at the end of June, the injunction of the Trump administration made to NATO allies to devote at least 3.5 % of their gross domestic product (GDP) to their respective defense by 2035. This objective could imply an effort of several tens of billions of euros for France while its military expenses The time. at 2 % of GDP.

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