France may not meet EU budget obligations: PM

Says spending limits will certainly be exceeded as these resources won't be taken from other budgets

Additional spending on security in the wake of the Paris terror attacks which left 129 people dead means that France will not be able to meet its EU budget obligations, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said today.

With the government planning to hire an additional 8,500 law enforcement officers, France's EU-agreed spending limits "will certainly be exceeded as these resources won't be taken from other budgets. We have to do this and Europe should understand this," Valls said.