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  • Affairs
  • Episode 3600
  • 14 Jul 2025
  • 32 min

Bastille Day military parade yields Macron promises on defence spending

French Ecole Speciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM) members parade during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris on July 14, 2025. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images)

  • The Briefing
  • Affairs
  • Episode 3600
  • 32 min

France’s president pledges to double defence spending by 2027 as Paris prepares for its Bastille Day parade at a time when Russia continues to pummel Ukraine.

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