{"id":39699,"date":"2018-02-16T16:27:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T16:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/16\/french-defense-minister-european-defense-industry-needs-export-to-survive\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:08:34","slug":"french-defense-minister-european-defense-industry-needs-export-to-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/munich-security-forum\/2018\/02\/16\/french-defense-minister-european-defense-industry-needs-export-to-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"French defense minister: European defense industry needs export to survive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MUNICH \u2014 As European nations look to increase defense cooperation, France\u2019s defense minister is acknowledging the continental defense industry is not strong enough to stand on its own without strong exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe Europeans are extremely fragmented right now. So one day, if we were to produce just for ourselves without exporting anything, we would be faced with a stark reality \u2014 we wouldn\u2019t have the capacities to do this,\u201d Florence Parly, the French defense minister, said through a translator during an opening panel at the Munich Security Conference Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parly was responding to a question about weapon sales and what regulations go into them. Some European countries have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2018\/01\/03\/norway-suspends-arms-exports-to-uae-amid-yemen-conflict\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">raised concerns<\/a> about weapon sales in recent months to countries involved in the conflict in Yemen. 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