Wednesday, April 29, 2015

France to boost defence budget by 4 billion euros

France says it will add almost 4 billion euros to its defence budget next year to combat terror threats at home and abroad

President Francois Hollande confirmed the spending boost on Wednesday - a move which is set to save more 18,000 planned job cuts in the sector.

Our Europe correspondent Sandra Gathmann reports.

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