Overview
- - Lawmakers in the Assembly’s defense committee approved the revision that adds €36 billion to the 2024–2030 military programming law, sending the text to a full debate starting May 4.
- - The plan targets €76.3 billion in annual defense spending by 2030, or about 2.5% of GDP, with a sharp focus on munitions that adds €8.5 billion more for a total of €26 billion over the period.
- - The committee backed a new national “state of alert” that lets the government bypass some building, expropriation, and environmental rules during a serious threat, which the minister said would not restrict civil liberties.
- - The text widens intelligence use of online detection algorithms and lets private operators, including airports, deploy tools to jam or take down hostile drones, though similar data-mining powers were previously struck down by the Constitutional Council.
- - Votes split by party as Socialists supported the package, LFI opposed it, and the RN abstained, while critics warned the path is nonbinding due to yearly budget votes and could shift after the 2027 presidential election.