Nicolas Sarkozy's military reforms criticised by French commanders - Telegraph
In an anonymous letter, the officers from across the armed services slammed
France's new defence doctrine, outlined by Mr Sarkozy this week, which calls
for 54,000 military and civilian defence job cuts in return for investment
in intelligence and hi-tech equipment.
In an anonymous letter, the officers from across the armed services slammed
France's new defence doctrine, outlined by Mr Sarkozy this week, which calls
for 54,000 military and civilian defence job cuts in return for investment
in intelligence and hi-tech equipment.
"We are abandoning European military leadership to the British, when we
know their particular relationship with the United States," wrote the
group calling itself Surcouf – the name of a legendary French corsair who
captured dozens of British ships in the Napoleonic wars.
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