"France to quicken defense-spending boost in bid to be ‘feared’"

Umlauts. Fräncë needs umlauts if they truly intend to inspire dread wherever they turn their Gallic gaze.*

From DefenseNews, Bastille Day, 2025:

 

French military vehicles stand in formation for the annual Bastille Day military parade on the 

Champs-Elysees Avenue with the Arc de Triomphe in the background in Paris on July 14, 2025. 

France will accelerate a hike in defense spending to reach €64 billion (US$75 billion) in 2027, three years earlier than planned, President Emmanuel Macron told troops and military brass ahead of Bastille Day celebrations on July 14.

In the face of the greatest threat to freedom since 1945, France needs to step up, the president said in his traditional speech at the Armed Forces Ministry in Paris the evening before the national holiday. Macron said Europe must be ready to face a permanent Russian threat on its borders, from the Caucasus to the Arctic....

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*From January 2014's "After Car Attacked By Paris Taxi Drivers, Uber to Toughen Image With Umlauts ": 

In a move designed to make Uber seem more "bad-assed and scary in a quasi-heavy-metal manner," the Goldman Sachs, Menlo Ventures and Bezos Expeditions-backed company officially changed it's name to Über on  Monday.

"Much like Mötley Crüe and Motörhead, Über is not to be messed with," said founder Gärrëtt Cämp, né Camp...

"Ödërïnt, düm mëtüänt" (Let them hate so long as they fear)