French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a pledge for next month's presidential election, with a policy of significantly increasing defense costs in anticipation of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine and aiming for independence as much as possible in terms of energy and food supply. Shown.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced his pledge for the presidential election next month at a press conference in the suburbs of Paris on the 17th.
In this, President Macron said, "A key element of an independent nation is, of course, defense against crisis. We need to strengthen our investment in preparation for a fierce war that may occur again," with Russia's military invasion of Ukraine in mind. Said.
On top of that, he said he would significantly increase his annual defense spending by 2025 to 50 billion euros, or about 6.5 trillion yen in Japanese yen, an increase of more than 20%.
In addition, the number of personnel to be convened as soldiers in an emergency will be doubled.
In addition, as the supply of energy and grains becomes more uncertain due to the situation in Ukraine, we will promote the expansion of renewable energy and the construction of new nuclear power plants, as well as strengthening investment in the agricultural field and promoting independence as much as possible in terms of both energy and food production. It is said that.
President Macron has widened the gap with Mr. Le Pen, a far-right party that holds the top position at 30% in the latest poll approval rating and continues at 18%, and shows his strong leadership by showing concrete measures to prepare for the crisis. It seems that there is an aim to appeal.