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France: military spending up to 1.82% of GDP
Investments to modernize and to buy new vehicles
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The Minister of Defense of France Florence Parly has announced to the press that she wants to increase the budget for military spending in 2019 by 5% to € 35.9 billion, or 1.82% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). An effort made by President Macron intent on exceeding 2% of GDP by 2025, as was explained in the program for the armed forces 2019-2025 in which it is expected to achieve the objectives s...
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