War in Ukraine: François Bayrou on a strategic visit to KNDS France where the Caesar guns are made

On Friday 21 March, during a trip to Bourges, Cher, the Prime Minister called on the arms companies to "produce faster and faster" in a defence effort in view of the international context.

Prime Minister François Bayrou visited on Friday 21 March the gunboat of the Franco-German group, the European leader in artillery, whose production is 90% in Ukraine, and which has accelerated its paces intensively for several months.

The French Prime Minister was visiting Bourges on 21 March in the KNDS factory, where the Caesar cannons are produced, to evoke the country's rearmament. François Bayrou, faced with the disengagement of the United States, needs to "produce more and faster" weapons in order to "consolidate strategic autonomy" at the national level.

While the defence industry is at the heart of European concerns, Prime Minister François Bayrou visited Bourges on Friday 21 March. He visited the industrial site of KNDS France, where the Caesar cannons are manufactured, before interviewing local elected officials.

On Friday 21 March, François Bayrou was in Bourges, the historical fief of the French arms industries. The region alone concentrates the main defence groups, including the one that provides the famous Canon Caesar. Industrialists seem to be facing the challenge of a rise in power, TF1's 20H - "Prohibition to stop production" : behind the scenes of the manufacture of French guns Caesar (International). TF1 INFO

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