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Macron’s “New Era” TV Address Draws 15.1 Million Viewers & Dominates French Media As Country Digests Call For Rearmament
Macron’s “New Era” TV Address Draws 15.1 Million Viewers & Dominates French Front Pages As Country Digests Call For Rearmament
Macron told the French population that a 30-year era of “innocence” in the wake of the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall was over, and that France and Europe needed to take their security into their own hands and embark on an ambitious plan of rearmament. He was speaking on the eve of a meeting today in Brussels gathering European leaders including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss a €800 billion ($863B) plan to boost the region’s military capacity. According to a poll by research body Toluna Harris for news channel LCI, 68% of those questioned said they were in favor of increased defense spending, while only 35% backed the intervention of French troops on the ground.
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