The draft law on military programming (LPM) arrives in the Hemicycle on Monday. If the text adopted in committee is not amended in session or contested by the Académie française, a female soldier should be called a "soldier" The bill sets the budget outlook for defense at 413 billion from 2024 to 2030 (a doubling of the budget since 2019).
As international threats grow, the army is modernizing, even where it is not expected. The text contains other issues that deserve some concessions.