Emmanuel Macron

Defence

Office

• President of the French Republic since 7 May 2022 · Source

  Is head of the armed forces and chairs the higher national defence councils (French Constitution, art. 15); he alone decides on the use of nuclear weapons.

Positions and proposals

• Military service

  «The ambition is to build up gradually, with 3,000 conscripts this year and 10,000 by 2030. Here we are.»

  Original in French: L'ambition est de monter en puissance progressivement avec 3 000 appelés cette année, 10 000 en 2030. Nous y sommes.

  With the first intake of the new National Service, at air base 115 in Orange.

  Speech · 15 Sep 2026 · Source

• Nuclear weapons

  «As a consequence, I have decided to increase the number of warheads of our arsenal.»

  Original in French: C'est pourquoi j'ai ordonné d'augmenter le nombre de têtes nucléaires de notre arsenal.

  At the Île Longue nuclear submarine base, on nuclear deterrence and its European dimension ('forward deterrence', with no sharing of the final decision).

  Speech · 2 Mar 2026 · Source

• Defence spending

  «That is why, on 13 July, I chose to bring forward to 2027 the goal, originally set for 2030, of reaching an annual defence budget of 64 billion euros.»

  Original in French: Voilà pourquoi j'ai souhaité, le 13 juillet dernier, avancer à l'année 2027 l'objectif, initialement prévu pour 2030, d'atteindre un budget annuel de 64 milliards d'euros pour notre défense.

  In his New Year address to the armed forces at air base 125 in Istres; he added that over two terms the defence budget will have doubled.

  Speech · 15 Jan 2026 · Source

Alliances

• The country's defence treaties:
  • North Atlantic Treaty (NATO)
  • EU mutual assistance clause
  • France–Greece Strategic Partnership (mutual assistance)

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