He says he wants to have "a war in advance" and an army "ready for the perils of the century".
In the midst of the conflict in Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron presented this Friday, from the air base of Mont-de-Marsan (Landes), the future military programming law 2024-2030, placed under the sign of "transformation".
New technologies, increased budget, reinforcements in intelligence… Here is what to remember from the wishes of the President of the Republic to the armed forces.
400 billion budget
The French armies will benefit from a budget of 400 billion euros over the period 2024-2030, within the framework of the future military programming law (LPM).
This is a third more than the envelope of the previous LPM of 295 billion euros.
"The LPM reflects the efforts of the country in favor of its armies" and "these efforts will be proportionate to the dangers, that is to say considerable", he declared, adding that "after having repaired the armies , we will transform them”.
The LPM will ultimately amount to 413 billion euros, or 400 billion budget voted in Parliament plus 13 billion in extra-budgetary revenue (infrastructure, frequency sales, etc.), said an Elysian source.
Intelligence Budget Increase
Credits for military intelligence services will increase by around 60%, Emmanuel Macron announced.
The objective: to have “increased intelligence capacities which make it possible to anticipate crises or threats”, and “specific intelligence allowing our autonomy of decision and action”, developed the Head of State, citing the 2018 Operation Hamilton as an example.
The budgets of the Military Intelligence Directorate (DRM) and the Defense Intelligence and Security Directorate (DRSD) will notably be doubled.
More forces in overseas territories
"Our Overseas Territories are more and more exposed", testified Emmanuel Macron, listing threats "in all orders and all geographies".
To prevent them, the Head of State provides "increased surveillance capacities, with drones and means of action and intervention" in the overseas departments, communities and regions.
More material and better quality
On the material side, the president promises more, and better.
"We will switch to the full Rafale and maintain this exceptional aircraft at the best world level," said Emmanuel Macron.
Listing its objectives, it also provides for a "modernization of land forces, digitization of the battlefield, an increase in the power of frigates, the development of new generation aircraft carriers, remotely guided munitions, and the expansion of the use of drones by doubling the dedicated budget.
The special forces will be equipped with the "best of technology", while the availability of equipment will be redesigned, to build "consequently our stocks of ammunition, our logistics, our support".
Increased fight against computer attacks
Conflicts exist "in all areas, including the Internet, social networks and the impalpable field of information", underlined the president.
Consequently, Emmanuel Macron announced that he wanted to "double our capacity to deal with major cyber attacks", defending investments in quantum technology and cybersecurity.
