Organised by our Chair in Defence Economics and the Ministry of Defence, The conference, held at the Maison de la Chimie on 17 November, focused on the financing of defence.
You can find here speeches by Florence Parly (Minister of the Armed Forces), Jean-Jacques Bridey (Chairman of the Defence Committee of the French National Assembly), Jean-Yves Battesti (Naval Group), Jean Belin (Chair of Defence Economics), Air Force Lieutenant General Vincent Carré (General Staff of the Armed Forces, Ministry of the Armed Forces), Philippe Duhamel (Thales), Bertrand Le Meur (Armament General Directorate, Ministry of Defence), Olivier Martin (MBDA), Christophe Mauriet (Financial Affairs Directorate, Ministry of Defence) and Guillaume Schlumberger (International Relations and Strategy Directorate, Ministry of Defence).
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