According to French President Emmanuel Macron, Europe can no longer rely on the United States for its security; France should build a strategic partnership with Russia and Turkey.
The European Union plans to spend 20 billion euros on defense between 2021 and 2027, with the majority of it to be used in the research and development of new military technologies.
Earlier, Emmanuel Macron introduced an initiative to set up a European military intervention force that could be rapidly deployed in the event of a crisis.