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 "slug": "france-lpm-update-law-2026-791-eur-449-3-billion-strategic-stocks-security-alert",
 "title": "France's Updated LPM Is Law — EUR 449.3 Billion to 2030, Strategic-Stocks and Procurement-Derogation Powers by Decree",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/france-lpm-update-law-2026-791-eur-449-3-billion-strategic-stocks-security-alert/",
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 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-08-18T20:20:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-08-27T20:21:01.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParis, 18 August 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Law No. 2026-791 of 16 August, updating the 2024–2030 military programming law, appeared in the Journal officiel (JORF n° 0191) on 18 August\n * It adds EUR 36 billion of new resources for 2026–2030, taking the programmed envelope from EUR 413.3 billion to about EUR 449.3 billion\n * Parliament adopted the text on 1 July after a joint-committee agreement on 11 June; the Constitutional Council cleared it on 6 August\n * The law grants executive aut",
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  "stk-strike-long-range-fires"
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