US EditionLeaders of France and Greece say the EU’s defense splurge is no alternative to the NATO alliance
The leaders said the 3-billion-euro deal with France includes 24 Rafale jets and four frigates as Europe expands its defense role.
- Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the Kimon to advance a €3 billion defense agreement including 24 Rafale fighter jets and four state-of-the-art frigates.
- Macron stated The European Union's defensive push aims to answer Washington's long-standing demand for security self-reliance, not to spawn an alternative to the NATO alliance.
- The purchase includes 24 Rafale fighter jets and four state-of-the-art frigates alongside the French MICA anti-air-missile system, which can be deployed by aircraft, land forces, and warships.
- Both leaders cited Article 42.7, The European Union's mutual defense clause, which Macron called "not just empty words" while discussing naval assistance to Cyprus in early March.
- Mitsotakis urged European leaders to drop "national egotism," while Macron emphasized that European industry must innovate and produce goods to finance future defense goals.
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France, Greece renew defense deal | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
ATHENS, Greece -- The European Union's ongoing push to bolster its own defensive capabilities isn't intended to spawn an alternative to the NATO alliance, but to answer a long-standing U.S. call for the continent to take charge of its own security, the French president said Saturday.
France, Greece renew defense deal
ATHENS, Greece -- The European Union's ongoing push to bolster its own defensive capabilities isn't intended to spawn an alternative to the NATO alliance, but to answer a long-standing U.S. call for the continent to take charge of its own security, the French president said Saturday.
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Leaders of France and Greece say the EU's defense splurge is no alternative to the NATO alliance
The president of France says the European Union’s ongoing push to bolster its own defensive capabilities isn’t intended to spawn an alternative to the NATO alliance but to answer a long-standing U.S. call for the continent to take charge of its own security.
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The European Union's drive to strengthen its own defensive capabilities is not meant to create an alternative to NATO, but to respond to the call of the United States for the continent to take charge of its own security, said the French President on Saturday.
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