Biała Księga o Obronie i Bezpieczeństwie Narodowym Francji z 29 kwietnia 2013 roku

On 29th April, 2013, was published a new ‘French White Paper on Defence and National Security’. This numbering 160 pages document assumes, among others, further modernization of the country’s defence and security (with the sustainable adaptation of measures for appointed tasks), development of the national defence industry within the framework set by France; the goal is to return to sustainable public finances and it indicates the course that French armed forces should take over the next twelve years, this is until the year 2025. Furthermore, it serves as the basis for preparing the Act on Programming Spending on Defence (the name in original, French language - LPM – ‘Loi de programmation militaire’ means the ’Law of Military Programming’) for years 2014-2019. In addition to determining financial frames, the currant ‘White Paper’ (as the previous ones) serves one more, very important function, namely, it is a tool allowing familiarizing citizens with the strategy for defence and national security as well as gaining their support.