“We have to set up a war economy. »» Emmanuel Macron is perfectly right, it must be done. But we can no longer pay for words. We must now act. We have been asking for it for three years. And, if we had done it on time, perhaps we would not be in the current situation.
The priority for Europe is today to continue to support Ukraine, of which the efficient army, experienced, is the best means of deterrence in the face of a Russian attack. So we will have to produce weapons, but not only. We also need autonomy in terms of digital communications and infrastructure as well as protection and strengthening of our critical infrastructure.
For this, some call for the implementation of particularly brutal antisocial measures. In other words, get rid of the welfare state (welfare) to support the war effort (warfare). There is no question of it. It would be a political error and a betrayal of the very principles of the war economy (support the troops and, here, the population). If the transition to a war economy will require many efforts, they cannot be based solely on the weakest of our society. To be acceptable, the effort must be fair and shared. THE warfare and the welfare Do not oppose, they go hand in hand.
The question of financing
The war economy is thus based on three pillars. The first is production planning. To support their military forces and the morale of the population, states must prioritize priorities and reorganize their economy to meet specific objectives. This implies a massive recourse to public procurement by the State, the signing of long -term contracts with manufacturers and the structuring of certain strategic production chains. It is therefore up to the public power to define and implement, democratically and in consultation with the social partners, an industrial, economic and social strategy coherent, which meets its immediate needs while taking care of its population.
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