A search is underway for missing crew after two French fighter jets crashed in northern France on Wednesday, the French armed forces minister said. “One of the pilots was found and is safe and sound. The search is still ongoing,” Sébastien Lecornu, minister of the French armed forces, said in a statement on social media. … Read more
“The constitutional ambiguity would block decision-making,” said Landot. No holds barred Since the election of dozens of National Rally lawmakers in the last parliamentary election, the far-right lawmakers have been far from wreckers, refraining from the filibustering and noisy heckling favored by the far-left France Unbowed party. At times, Macron’s centrists were embarrassed by National … Read more
“On a totally selfish personal note, I’d be delighted to be able to continue the good cooperation we’ve established with Sébastien Lecornu, there’s a lot to do. Defense policy has never been so important,” Pistorius told reporters when asked whether he was worried about the impact of a National Rally victory in the two-round election … Read more
Paris has in recent months ramped up military cooperation with Yerevan with contracts and training. Arms sales include Thales-made GM200 air surveillance radars, while talks are underway on contracts for MBDA-made Mistral missiles. Earlier on Tuesday, Azerbaijan accused France of undermining the stability of the turbulent region, less than a year since Baku itself launched … Read more
French presidents have significant influence on the country’s foreign affairs and defense policy. However, a government led by the far right would have control over the budget. That would allow it to derail military aid to Ukraine. Macron’s €3 billion security deal with Ukraine is not properly budgeted, making it easy for the far-right party … Read more
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted on Tuesday that an “unintentional” Israeli airstrike had killed “innocent people” in Gaza after seven workers from World Central Kitchen were bombed. The aid organization said the dead included Australian, Polish and British citizens. Blinken is in Paris at the start of a four-day European tour that will also … Read more
France will send new surface-to-air missiles and old armored vehicles to Ukraine, the country’s defense minister said on Sunday. Sébastien Lecornu told La Tribune Dimanche that President Emmanuel Macron had asked him to design a “new aid package” to help Kyiv defend against Russia’s invasion. This will “notably include old equipment from our armies, which … Read more
He also urged the Biden administration to send longer-range artillery and accelerate F-16 fighter jet training for the Ukrainians — a call the White House can’t answer until the blocked supplemental bill is passed. “It is clear Ukrainians appreciate the United States’ support. I know Americans want to help our friends and allies, but I … Read more
Tensions came to a head in September when Azerbaijan launched an offensive to retake the Yerevan-backed breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, sparking an exodus of its 100,000 Armenians. Moscow had stationed a peacekeeping force in the region that abandoned its positions ahead of the assault. Days before that, Pashinyan told POLITICO that Moscow’s mission had failed … Read more
Macron’s comments come as European nations grapple with the looming consequences of Donald Trump’s potential return to the White House, with the NATO-skeptic ex-president on track to win the Republican nomination. In the U.S., further military aid for Ukraine is also stalled in Congress, with Republican lawmakers reluctant to continue funding Kyiv. Ukraine has been … Read more
