France’s Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu attends a news conference after a meeting of defense ministers of five NATO countries to discuss coordinating their defense plans and support for Ukraine, in the village of Helenow, near Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. Credit: AP/Czarek Sokolowski
“And you’re all repeating 2%, 3%, 4%, without really knowing what the point is,” Lecornu said, responding to a reporter’s question. “Well, let me be straightforward. The situation is worse than during the Cold War. It’s worse than during the Cold War simply because we have new areas that have become militarized, and these are largely digital,” Lecornu said.
“And you can see that we are in a world in which we can be defeated without having been invaded. And that means that the responsibility for the defense of our countries will go well beyond military issues alone,” Lecornu said.
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