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France Celebrates Bastille Day

Los Angeles Times on MSN · 6h

Fireworks, warplanes and axes: How France celebrates Bastille Day

France celebrated its biggest holiday Monday with 7,000 people marching, on horseback or riding armored vehicles along the cobblestones of the Champs-Elysees, the most iconic avenue in Paris.

Associated Press News · 10h

Macron reviews troops and watches military parade as France celebrates Bastille Day

France celebrated its biggest holiday Monday with 7,000 people marching, on horseback or riding armored vehicles along the cobblestones of the Champs-Elysées, the most iconic avenue in Paris.

UPI on MSN · 6h

France celebrates Bastille Day with troops, tanks, aircraft, fireworks

July 14 (UPI) -- France on Monday celebrated Bastille Day with the nation's biggest holiday in the air and on the ground. The parade in Paris included 7,000 people on horseback and tanks, axe-carrying French Legion troops, 102 warplanes and helicopters.

Macron Lifts Military Spending

Euronews on MSN · 16h

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

French President Emmanuel Macron outlined plans to boost defence spending in France, warning Europe is facing a "greater threat" than at any time since the end of World War 2. View on euronews

Reuters on MSN · 1d

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 Boston Globe · 23h

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

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced 6.5 billion euros ($7.6 billion) in extra military spending in the next two years because of new and unprecedented threats, ranging from Russia to nuclear proliferation, terrorists and online attacks.

France 24 on MSN19h

Watch live: France holds Bastille Day military parade as Macron announces boost in defence spending

France marks its Bastille Day national holiday Monday with a traditional July 14 military parade in Paris and evening ...

Amazon S3 on MSN14h

France is the main military power in the EU, but is it ready for the future?

France may be the main military power in the EU -- but is it really in a position to respond to new security threats? And ...

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Russia Sees France as Its Main Enemy in Europe, French General Says

During a rare news conference on Friday, the head of the French military, Thierry Burkhard, said Russia remains a “lasting, ...

France 24 on MSN12h

France’s military pigeons still ready to serve, 150 years after siege of Paris

These days, French military pigeon number 193-529 is no longer needed to carry tiny messages during war-time communication ...

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France’s military pigeons race in memory of their brave predecessors

Europe’s last military pigeon loft is at Mont Valerien outside Paris.

RBC Ukraine on MSN4d

France and UK to increase peacekeeping forces for Ukraine - Macron

France and the UK intend to increase the number of the Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF) to 50,000 troops for the future ...

Defense News on MSN4d

France, UK join forces in step toward European nuclear deterrent

The latest Franco-British move is the closest the continent has come to such a strategic capability, at least on paper.

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UK and France order more Storm Shadow missiles and step up military co-operation

UK and France order more Storm Shadow missiles and step up military co-operation - Storm Shadow, or as the French call it ...

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