France, which currently maintains a standing army of 200,000 troops, has decided to expand its forces by 50,000 personnel by 2035. After abolishing conscription in 1997, judging that large-scale ...

EU countries spent €343.2 billion on defence in 2024, with Germany and France together accounting for 44% of this total. View ...

European governments face a defence crunch, caught between Russian aggression and American unreliability. But they are starting to take the threat seriously. In May the European Commission launched ...

Political tensions are higher in Europe than they have been at any time since the Cold War, given the escalating Russia-Ukraine conflict, recent drone and MiG incursions into European air space, and ...