France in Early Stages of Planning Defense Spending Boost

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France’s Finance Minister Eric Lombard said the government is still in the early stages of planning how to finance a boost in its defense spending and investment.

“The ongoing work in terms of deploying material, armament programs and financing them is really at a completely preliminary stage,” Lombard said at a press briefing in Paris.