Maintain a robust and credible nuclear deterrent. The third part sets out 10 strategic objectives:ġ. The first and second are a strategic analysis and the challenges to meet, both summarized by Macron in his speech. The strategic review itself is a 52-page document in three parts. “And finally because this war clarifies the state of the world in which we live, the collapse of norms and taboos, the abuse of power, it qualifies that dangerous moment where the old balance is being contested but the new one is not yet established.” “What is being played out is not only an illustration of tendencies that were already at work, but a massive acceleration and, to a certain extent, a clarification of other aspects through its tens of thousands of dead, its rigors, its scale, through technological developments with new weapons whose trumpeted performances are not always proven and older ones for which new, lethal uses have been found,” Macron said. Speaking for nearly 45 minutes Wednesday to an audience largely made up of military personnel, Macron explained that the MPL “will, through its articles, figures and engagements, have to paint a picture of a united, strong France, autonomous in its appreciations and sovereign in its decisions, robust and credible, respected for its status as a nuclear-power, motor of European strategic autonomy, an exemplary ally in the Euro-Atlantic space, a dependable and credible partner.”Īboard the newest of the French navy’s three Mistral-class helicopter landing ships (the biggest vessels in the navy after the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier), the president remarked that “the period is not one of calm weather but stormy seas.” And while France’s 2017 edition of the review was updated just last year, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has forced a more radical rethinking.
PARIS - France’s new strategic review, designed to inform the 2024-2030 military program law (MPL) due to be submitted to parliamentarians early next year, was presented by President Emmanuel Macron in a major speech aboard the Dixmude helicopter landing ship in the Mediterranean port of Toulon. (Photo by CHRISTOPHE SIMON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with members of the French Navy as he stands on the bridge of the upgraded Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier off the coast of Toulon, southern France, on November 14, 2018.
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