France: need for munitions now ‘urgent’

France will boost its missile and drone stocks by up to 400 percent, “with a view to preparing for a ‘war economy,” a draft law to be published later this week states, according to Politico. The government plans to spend $73 billion on defense in 2027, a 26 percent increase compared to last year. This is set to rise to $87.8 billion by 2030. The 64-page draft budget the government is proposing earmarks $9.8 billion to boost missile and drone supplies before 2030. The proposed budget will go before France’s National Assembly in early May. France’s focus on boosting military capacity, even to the point of converting the nation into a war economy, is part of a broader European race to rearm. In 2017, the Trumpet wrote: “Though, at present, many nations support Europe’s efforts to expand its military power, biblical prophecy shows that this trend is one of the most dangerous happening in the world today!”