France is preparing for a new kind of war
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine concentrates minds in Paris
WINCHED out of a helicopter down to an attack submarine, Emmanuel Macron could have upstaged himself this week. But with no cameras to immortalise the stunt, all eyes instead were on the French president’s speech hours earlier. On November 9th, in the naval port of Toulon, Mr Macron unveiled France’s new national strategic review, drafted after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It contained important new thinking about France’s response to shifting threats.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “War footing”
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