Overview
- France will pursue missiles comparable to Russia’s Oreshnik with Germany and the United Kingdom, as Macron warns Europe sits within the weapon’s reach.
- Paris will send further forces to Greenland by land, sea and air after an initial deployment of about a dozen troops for joint exercises with European allies.
- Russia’s embassy in Brussels voiced serious concern over added NATO presence in Greenland, accusing the alliance of accelerating militarization of the North.
- Macron outlined a progressive defense budget increase totaling €64 billion by 2030, acknowledged French shortfalls in drones, and said France supplies much of Kyiv’s intelligence.
- Tensions with Washington surfaced after a White House meeting with Danish and Greenlandic leaders and senior US officials, while debate inside France intensified over the government’s stance.