Macron calls for increasing EU budget to fund defence, new technologies

Moscow, Oct 1 (Sputnik/UNI) The European union budget needs to be increased to fund defence spending, artificial intelligence and the space sector, French President Emmanuel Macron said. "We must increase the size of the EU budget. Without a doubt. I would remind you that the last time we did this was during the COVID pandemic," Macron said at a press conference on Wednesday following talks with the Spanish prime minister in Madrid. According to the French president, additional funds are needed to finance defence, green technologies, artificial intelligence, quantum technologies and the space sector. "If we do not increase our…