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Non resident senior fellow at Atlantic Council's Europe center | Former French MoD | Transatlantic relations | Security & Defense
Jan 20, 2023 25 tweets 7 min read
Today @EmmanuelMacron presented the Military Planning Law. A 🧵on what he chose to emphasize regarding the strategic context and what this means for the model of the armed forces: no longer an expeditionary force but designed for #highintensity.

twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1… 1/ First, what is the Military Planning Law? It allocates the budget for the 🇫🇷 armed forces for usually 6 years. The one @EmmanuelMacron is to submit to the French Parliament is for the period 2024-2030 (while the ongoing one was from 2019 to 2025 but will be shorten by a year).
Oct 20, 2021 17 tweets 3 min read
@florence_parly and @CEMA_FR just presented the new 🇫🇷military doctrine on information warfare for influence. 🧵for the main points here 1. The social media revolution led to an information revolution. This means progress and optimism, but also new risks and dangers (fake news, manipulation of images and facts). "Disinformation kills". Opinions and facts are now blurring.