General Fabien Mandon: “National service only makes sense if it benefits both young people and the French armed forces” In a context marked by persistent and increasingly complex threats, France’s Chief of Defence Staff explains why national service is necessary as an operational complement to the professional military model, not only to meet defence requirements, but also to respond to ...
Introduction The 2024 edition of the Defence Key Figures is aimed at you, members of parliament, experts in defence issues, journalists, students, members of the Armed Forces Ministry’s community or just reader eager to know more about this ministry and the 264,000 men and women who serve in it.
The Chief executive of the Direction générale de l’armement (DGA, French Defence Procurement Agency) of the French Ministry of Armed Forces, decided to create a Defence Industry Directorate, as part of his overall project to transform the DGA.
As the conflict in Ukraine continues, the defence ministers of the E5 group (France, Germany, Poland, Italy and the United Kingdom) met in Paris on Wednesday 12 March. The aim of this meeting was to consolidate their support for Ukraine and to examine European defence projects.
The 2025 edition of Defence Key Figures addresses members of the French parliament, defence specialists, journalists, students, the 264,000 members comprising the community of the Ministry for the Armed Forces and all of those seeking to deepen their understanding of the ministry. nd women serving the nation. The approach is to provide trans
This transparency requirement has been further strengthened after the report of the parliamentary information mission on arms export control was presented in 2021. The Government had committed to implementing several proposals. The year 2022 will see, for the first time, the publication of a separate report devoted to exports of dual-use goods, as well as the hearing by the National Defence ...