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France's Macron announces plan to accelerate military spending

France had aimed to double its defence budget from 2017 levels by 2030. However, Macron pledged to reach the target by 2027. A military budget that stood at 32 billion euros ($37.40 billion) in 2017 will rise to 64 billion euros by 2027, with an additional 3.5 billion euros allocated for next year and another 3 billion euros in 2027.

The New York Times · 6h

Macron, Saying Freedom Has Never Been So Threatened, Boosts Military Spending

You have to be feared in this world,” President Emmanuel Macron said, preparing France for an era in which it may no longer be able to count on the U.S.

The Boston Globe · 8h

French President Macron announces 6.5 billion euros in extra military spending in next two years

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced 6.5 billion euros in extra military spending in the next two years because of new and unprecedented threats, from Russia to terrorists to online attacks.

DutchNews.nl5h

Netherlands 2-5 France: Oranje out after second-half collapse

The Netherlands bowed out of the European Championships at the group stage as they were overrun by a technically superior ...

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France’s Champs-Elysees Film Festival, Sophie Dulac’s Event Dedicated to French and American Movies in Paris, Shutters After 14 Editions

The Champs-Elysees Film Festival, created by distributor-exhibitor Sophie Dulac in 2012 to highlight French and American ...

Radio France Internationale20h

France passes law to allow return of Ivorian drum stolen by colonial troops

French MPs have unanimously adopted legislation allowing Paris to return to Cote d'Ivoire the Djidji Ayôkwé talking drum, ...

The Washington Post8mon

Madeleine Riffaud, who fought for Paris with French Resistance, dies at ...

Madeleine Riffaud, who fought for Paris with French Resistance, dies at 100 Ms. Riffaud was one of the last links to the celebrated ranks of French women who joined the Resistance during World ...

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France to ban smoking in parks, beaches, and near schools

PARIS — France has struggled to kick its smoking habit. A new public health decree published Saturday aims to change that. In the coming days, smoking will be banned in all French parks and sports ...

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The bravery of the French Resistance is legendary - MSN

There is no real French equivalent, although the film that comes closest is René Clément’s Bataille du rail (The Battle of the Rails). Filmed in the summer of 1945, within a year of France’s ...

French police are slashing migrant boats but they're still determined to reach the UK

France's northern coast has long been fortified against invasion, with Nazi bunkers in World War II and pre-French Revolution ...

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How France uncovered the mystery of the forbidden photos of Nazi ...

Julien Blanc, a historian of the Nazi Occupation and French Resistance, says the photographs are different from the propaganda shots taken by Nazi-authorized photographers.

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French Resistance members reunited 80 years after end of WWII - MSN

Renee Guette, 98, laughed as she looked at her computer screen in Texas. On the other end of the video call was 97-year-old Andree Dupont, living in France. The women, who supported the French ...

France 24 on MSN10d

Europe court says France allowed to fine president portrait snatchers

Strasbourg (France) (AFP) — Europe’s top human rights court on Thursday ruled France was within its rights to hand suspended ...

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