The French Join the Brit’s in Arming Up against a Possible Russian Threat….

US President’s have been trying to break away from Europe relying solely on American military support…

Donald Trump has been More up front in efforts at this…

(The US Congress has moved against any cut in US troops in Europe and in keeping the commander of NATO a American).

With Russian leader Putin being steadfast on saying his wants the old Soviet Union countries back from the West (and maybe More?)?

Europe IS moving to rearm itself….

Trump continues to antagonize the United States’ traditional European allies, deriding them as he did in an interview with POLITICO earlier this month as “weak” and a “decaying group of nations.” And for its part, France wants to prove him wrong.

Like many other European nations, France sees Russia has a growing threat to the continent. So it is preparing to defend itself against what the country’s chief of defense staff, Gen. Fabien Mandon, called a “violent test” from Russia in the next three to four years that it would need to counter without much, if any, help from Washington. To do that, France is boosting military spending, increasing weapons production and doubling the reserve forces.

As of next year, France will also reintroduce voluntary military service for young adults, primarily 18- and 19-year-olds. The goal is to enroll 3,000 new recruits next summer, 10,000 in 2030 and 50,000 in 2035.

These defense efforts come as most of Europe’s nations are having to rethink their security posture in the most meaningful way since the Cold War ended.

The challenge is even higher as it’s becoming increasingly clear they can no longer rely on the United States as a primary security provider. Successive U.S. presidents — including Barack Obama and Joe Biden — have warned over the past decade that Washington would eventually have to focus on the Indo-Pacific region instead of Europe, but the Trump administration has already matched those words with action.

That is putting the spotlight on France, the EU’s only nuclear power and a country with independent weapons makers that has long warned the continent should become more autonomous in areas such as technology and defense…

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Note….

The British also have nuclear weapons…..

They are not in the EU….