Over the course of a week, the young auditors were able to learn about the major issues in national defence and international security. The course was divided into three modules:
- strategic issues ;
- knowledge of defence and the armed forces ;
- international cooperation and conflict.
On this week's programme:
- presentation of the armed forces and feedback from external operations ;
- European defence: what are the major issues?
- maritime sovereignty at the heart of france's strategic outlook ;
- preparing the defence technological and industrial base for high-intensity conflict ;
- presentations and visits to the Cadarache research centre of the French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA) and the Toulon naval base.