The Daily Populous Monday March 17th, 2025 night edition
Authored by politico.eu and submitted by Deedogg11

"Those who buy Patriot should be offered the new-generation Franco-Italian SAMP/T. Those who buy the F-35, should be offered the Rafale. That's the way to increase the rate of production," he said.

Macron's comments come as European NATO members have become even more dependent on U.S. weapons than ever before.

This month, the Netherlands and Belgium confirmed they would still buy American-made F-35 fighter jets, while Portugal is wobbling about replacing its U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets with more modern F-35s because of "the recent position of the United States, in the context of NATO."

Macron said he has asked French defense companies to cut red tape and reduce costs to become a more attractive option, Nice-Matin reported.

The French president also clarified what a possible deployment of European troops to help Ukraine could look like. The goal is to "deploy a few thousand men per nation, at key points, to carry out training programs” and "show our support over the long term," he said.

Macron said that the conditions laid down by Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree on a ceasefire in Ukraine "are unacceptable."

luki-x on March 16th, 2025 at 14:04 UTC »

Remember when Trump complained that the EU isn't buying US Products.

Now EU is really not buying US Products.

Art of the Deal.

megaben20 on March 16th, 2025 at 13:59 UTC »

I can already see the tantrum when the eu starts buying their own made weapon systems. “The warmongers in Europe are expanding their military challenging Russia and risking WW3.” Smart people will point out that he wanted them to spend more on military.

Slight-Novel4587 on March 16th, 2025 at 13:57 UTC »

Or Canadian!