France called for the expansion of the European Union’s arms industry

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting Austrian newspaper “Di Presse”, French President Emmanuel Macron has once again called for the expansion of Europe’s defense and weapons industry.

Macron met with Donald Tusk on Monday. The Prime Minister of Poland said in Paris: Everything that the European Union does to supply arms and ammunition to Ukraine should also be aimed at strengthening the European defense industry.

Macron also said: This will help us increase our production capacity and make Europe a defense force complementing NATO.

The French President also welcomed the new bilateral agreement between France and Poland announced that it will include closer cooperation in the field of nuclear energy.

Macron said: This can be a motivation and stimulus for Europe. France and Poland were among the countries that had the most comprehensive plans to build new nuclear power plants. Macron said that these will serve to increase energy security and achieve climate neutrality by 2050.

Donald Tusk and Emmanuel Macron also emphasized that the failure of Ukraine they do not accept. By doing this, they indirectly distanced themselves from the idea of ​​Olaf Schulz, the chancellor of Germany, who said that Ukraine would be lost without American help.

France and Poland want have closer cooperation in the fields of defense, nuclear energy and food security. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and French President Emmanuel Macron announced this on Monday at the Elysee Palace in Paris. A new friendship treaty focusing on arms, defense as well as energy and agriculture is to be drawn up between the two countries, which will replace the existing one between France and Poland since 1991.

Tusk also emphasized: When it comes to the issue of energy, it is important to get closer to each other. Poland also belongs to the European alliance of countries in favor of nuclear power, against which the German federal government has created a mutual alliance. Tusk and Macron want to work more closely together to calm the anger of farmers in their countries. Tusk described France as an important partner “with very similar assessments” of geopolitical challenges.

Tusk said France and Poland are “strong partners” ready to defend are from the borders of Europe and their territory. The Polish Prime Minister also said: There is no alternative to the European Union and NATO. He welcomed that the Weimar triangle of Poland, France and Germany will be revived after the change of government in Warsaw.

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