马克龙和米佐塔基斯续签了国防协议, 并签署了增加欧盟国防开支的协定. Macron and Mitsotakis renew defense pact and sign agreements to boost EU defense spending.

法国总统马克龙和希腊总理齐里亚科斯·米佐塔基斯于4月25日加强了他们的联盟, 更新了一项以互助条款的国防协议并签署九个协定. French President Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis strengthened their alliance on April 25, renewing a defense pact with a mutual assistance clause and signing nine agreements. 领导人强调,欧盟的国防开支加强了北约而不是取代它,并援引对拉法尔战斗机和护卫舰30亿欧元新协议. The leaders emphasized that EU defense spending strengthens, rather than replaces, NATO, citing a new 3-billion-euro deal for Rafale fighter jets and frigates. 他们还呼吁重新开放霍尔木兹海峡, 并驳回了在持续冲突中燃料短缺的担忧. They also called for reopening the Strait of Hormuz and dismissed fuel shortage concerns amid ongoing conflicts.