France issued one of Europe’s starkest calls yet for the financial industry to support defense companies, as the region ...

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

State-owned financial institutions will invest the funds in the country’s defense companies, contributing to a €5 billion ...

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 EU should slash planned rules for its banking sector to boost the bloc’s ability to compete internationally, France, Germany and Italy said. The heads of the treasuries of the three countries — ...

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.