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French President Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Macron was born on December 21, 1977 in the city of Amiens.

He is the youngest president to call today for the strengthening of the European defense industry, which he says needs to be "much stronger" to meet growing military needs since the start of the war in Ukraine.

The president also demanded a "reassessment" of French military spending, AFP reported.

"Let's not move forward, repeating the mistakes of the past, spending a lot to buy elsewhere - this is not a good idea," Macron said, opening the international arms exhibition Eurostat near Paris amid a desire by many European countries to increase your defense budget.

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We need to strengthen industry and the industrial and technological base in order to have a much stronger and more resource-intensive European defense, otherwise we will accumulate costs for the future, he added, reiterating his appeal from 2017, when he entered The Elysee Palace.

Emmanuel Macron