[Plateau analyse: l'histoire économique de l'armement français]

[Plateau analyse: l'histoire économique de l'armement français]

Journalist Alban MIKOCZY analyses the economic history of the arms industry in France. The leading sector is aeronautics and France is in the first arms-selling countries. [Source: France 2 prompter] Hello ALBAN MIKOCZY, behind this contract, there is a sector that has always been important for France? (AM) Historically, France has always been one of the five countries that sold the most weapons in the world. This can be deplored or rejoiced; This is another debate! An industry that employed up to 300,000 people in the early 1980s. It was then that the major national factories closed; employment reached a low of around 150,000 people eight years ago. Since then, there has been a trend towards recovery to the point that the target of 200,000 jobs in 2017 seems likely. Arms sales continue to grow; the average was 4 billion euros per year but for the past four years, the upward trend is clear. EUR 16 billion last year and a minimum of EUR 45 billion this year. More than ten times the revenue of an average year. (LK) What are we selling ALBAN to reach such heights? (AM) Our leading sector is aeronautics! The Rafales in India of course; the Karacal helicopters in Kuwait or Poland but also the Barracuda submarines in Australia; a contract worth 34 billion euros. This is the real deal of the century! The consequence is that France, which is currently 4° arms dealer in the world behind United States, Russia and China, will advance in the ranking

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Publication date : 23 September 2016