The amount of French military support for Ukraine amounts to 3.2 billion euros, MPs estimate in a parliamentary report presented Wednesday before the Defense and Armed Forces Committee of the National Assembly.
In total, the financial participation valued by France in Ukraine on the military level is 3.2 billion euros, declared the deputy (Renaissance) of Bouches-du-Rhne Lionel Royer-Perreaut, co-rapporteur of a mission of information on the results of French military support for Ukraine.
According to this report, the cost of military equipment sold to Ukraine amounts to 1.7 billion euros taking into account their replacement cost, to which is added that of the training provided by the French military to 7,000 Ukrainian soldiers amounting to 300 million euros. euros, but also France’s contribution to the European Peace Facility (EFF) in that it is targeted at Ukraine to the tune of one billion euros, without forgetting the 200 million euros for the peace fund. support Ukraine.
This amount is a gross amount which will also be spread over time due to the replacement of equipment transferred to Ukraine which will continue until 2027, recalled Mr. Lionel Royer Perreaut.
Reimbursements from the FEP, to which France contributes 18%, estimated at 500 million euros, will also reduce the amount of financial participation, according to the co-rapporteur.
On Tuesday, the Minister of Arms Sbastien Lecornu also announced the allocation of an additional 200 million euros to the support fund for Ukraine, which allows Kiev to acquire military equipment corresponding to its needs directly from French manufacturers. An extension which is part of the examination, scheduled for Wednesday, of the so-called end of management finance bill for 2023.
According to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, based in Germany, the French government’s military aid to Ukraine until September 2023 amounted to 533 million euros, placing France in 15th place in the donor ranking.
If we want to avoid underestimating France’s aid, we must be proactive in the arguments to counter this type of classification and we are clearly asking for much more up-to-date communication, reacted at a press conference the deputy (Liot) for Vosges Christophe Naegelen, also co-rapporteur.
As we give and form, we must quantify and communicate it, with our own calculation methods, he added.