France calls on EU to increase defense spending due to 'Russian threat'

In an interview with the Ouest France newspaper, he said that he shares the European military's concerns about the threat of a Russian attack on NATO in the coming years.

“In the current geopolitical context, we are interested in asking ourselves the right questions. Have military budgets that will allow us to deal with the threat. Organize our European defense in a more coherent way,” Sejournet said.

According to the politician, EU countries need to resolve a lot of issues and improve interaction between the military of different countries.

Earlier, the head of the Danish Ministry of Defense, Troels Lund Poulsen, called for increased investment in the defense complex due to the alleged “Russian threat.”

At the same time, Russian leader Vladimir Putin in an interview with Tucker Carlson said that Russia has no interest in a conflict with Poland, Latvia and other European countries.

The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Moscow calls on Western countries, primarily EU member states, not to attribute to Russia the intention to start a war in Europe and not to impose this ideology on it.