The Defense committee of the National Assembly is concerned about the consequences that the Barnier government’s censorship will have for military programs. Programs with a major impact, such as the construction of a new aircraft carrier, could pay the price.
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The finance law for 2025 planned to increase the amount of the defense budget to 50 billion euros, a budget increasing by 7% in accordance with the financial trajectory of the military programming law. With this finance law, the ministry should have the means to notify, for example, the order for a new generation aircraft carrier, except that the increase in the army budget is on hold.
If the Barnier government fallsa certain number of programs will remain in dry dock, worries the Morbihan deputy, Jean-Michel Jacques, president of the Defense committee of the National Assemblyat the microphone of Franck Alexandredefense journalist at RFI: “ From next year, there were ten billion euros planned for the aircraft carrier. So obviously, a lot of studies will be impacted and that will obviously slow things down. We could also talk about what is the keystone of our defense, which is deterrence. There, that will be 500 million euros which will disappear. 660 million euros were earmarked for infrastructure, which cannot be deployed. This is the impact that this can have on the various companies in our defense industrial base. »
For programs with major effects such as the construction of ships, respecting schedules is crucial, underlines the Defense committee of the National Assembly, insisting on the fact that if the credits are delayed, it is the whole industrial architecture which could falter.
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