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	Podcast:		Business Daily
	Episode:		France: Building a ‘war economy’
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:17:41
	Publish Date:		2025-08-03 23:01:00
	Description:		France, the world's second-biggest arms exporter, is expected to double military spending in the next two years. We visit a factory in the north of the country that's switched production from civilian to military equipment, as part of what French President Emmanuel Macron is calling a "war economy". If you'd like to get in touch with the programme, please email businessdaily@bbc.co.uk Presented and produced by John Laurenson (Picture: President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech to army leaders at l'Hôtel de Brienne in Paris on July 13, 2025, on the eve of the annual Bastille Day Parade in the French capital. Credit: Getty Images)
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