Defence Expenditure: Paris for "the Idea of a European Debt"

Eric Lombard believes that this idea "should not be rejected in principle" at a time when the new German government is making rearmament of the country "a top priority".

The French government is calling for more far-reaching steps on defense financing at the European level. "We must pursue truly ambitious goals to create the conditions for our strategic autonomy," Finance and Economics Minister Eric Lombard told the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" (FAZ). In this context, all relevant financing instruments should be examined. "The idea of European debt to finance defense equipment should not be rejected on princ…