Sébastien Lecornu, Minister of the Armed Forces, announced this Tuesday that he "does not rule out" requisitioning "personnel, stocks or production tools" He invokes “what the law allows the minister and the general delegate for armaments (DGA) to do, that is to say if the account was not there in terms of production rate and deadlines” The minister “does not refrain from doing so in the coming weeks”. This statement comes as France raises its tone against Russia, and “ does notrule out sending ground troops” to support Ukraine.