Overview
- The National Assembly opened debate Monday on a bill that adds €36 billion to the 2023 plan, taking total funding to about €436 billion by 2030, with a vote scheduled for May 12 and a Senate reading from June 2.
- The text creates a new national security alert status that would let authorities bypass construction, expropriation and environmental rules during a serious threat, a scope the left warns is too vague.
- Intelligence services would gain algorithmic tools to scan web-connection data and a pre-publication review for books by former agents, echoing provisions that drew past scrutiny from the Constitutional Council.
- Airports and other site operators could deploy drone jamming or neutralization systems and assign those tasks to vetted subcontractors to counter rising incursions.
- Industry is ramping up to meet demand as MBDA plans about 1,000 hires in France this year and a new paid 10‑month national military and voluntary service began recruiting in January for 18‑ to 19‑year‑olds.