The European banking industry is accustomed to treating defense contractors as a reputational liability. Banks, guided by ...

France is calling on banks and investors to actively support the defense industry, urging them to revise internal policies ...

France will add an extra 1.7 billion euros ($1.85 billion) to defense expenditure via public-investment vehicles as European countries prepare for a shakeup of the continent’s security order.

France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP) European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said earlier this month that the EU would suspend public spending rules to ...

France is ramping up its production of ... including countries placing larger orders and changing rules that may be preventing defense-related industries from ramping up production.

the Bank of France, the Bank of Italy and the Bank of Finland did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. The ECB does not have power to change rules, which is the prerogative of ...

The European Union’s state-owned development bank and the organization ... to help Europe increase defense output. A month later, the EIB agreed to loosen its rules on financing projects ...