Catherine Vautrin
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- Oct 12
France boards Russian shadow fleet tanker DF Peak south of Réunion
The French navy boarded the tanker DF Peak on Monday, 12 October, more than 450 nautical miles south of Réunion, and redirected it under naval escort. Paris suspects the vessel sailed under a false flag and was involved in irregular fuel transport.
- Oct 8
France and Germany say joint MGCS tank project continues after Paris claims Berlin quit
Defence ministers Boris Pistorius and Catherine Vautrin said on Friday that the Main Ground Combat System is not dead, a day after France's chief of defence staff said Germany had decided to quit it.
- Sep 19
French Military Chaplain Faces Disciplinary Action After Leaked Sermon Attacks Left-Wing Politicians
The French Ministry of the Armed Forces has launched disciplinary proceedings against a military chaplain attached to the 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment after footage emerged of him mocking leftists during a 2025 church service in Carcassonne.
- Jun 8
Turkey scrambles F-16s as Greek, French and Dutch defence ministers fly to Cyprus for EU summit
Two Turkish F-16s shadowed aircraft carrying the Greek, French and Dutch defence ministers to an informal EU defence summit in Nicosia on Sunday evening, while radio interference was reported from the breakaway north.
