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CEPA's Monette: France's debt and gridlock undercut its defence spending pledge

CEPA's Nicole Monette says France's pledge to raise defence spending to EUR 64 billion within 18 months and add EUR 36 billion by 2030 is undercut by debt at 113 percent of GDP and a hung parliament after Bayrou's resignation.

Verified Opinion Abroad AI-drafted CEPA (Center for European Policy Analysis) opinion, 12 March 2026

What the source does not establish. This does not confirm France has passed a defence budget; it records Monette's assessment of the gap between Macron's pledges and fiscal reality.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. none: opinion assesses France's own funding gap, no vote taken. European Sovereignty Index

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