From the garden of the Ministry of Defense, the president will deliver his speech, in which he will also address young people and the “opportunity to serve,” the Elysee Palace specified.

In the wake of the conflict in Ukraine, the French government accuses Russia of threatening Europe, a claim Moscow rejects and which has unleashed a new arms crusade on the continent. In response to criticism of sowing fear and increasing military spending at the expense of social budgets, Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu reacted by stating that “we do not want to stir up fear or concern; we intend to document and provide answers.”

According to the headline in La Tribune Dimanche, the effort to be made in France is not only budgetary, but also intellectual, moral, and industrial. Paris advocates for European autonomy in the military sphere, in the face not only of Russia, but also of the ambiguity promoted by US President Donald Trump regarding his country’s role within NATO.

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