France’s Grand Design for Europe and the Elusive Quest for European Sovereignty by Marius Mitrache

“…However, President Macron faces the task of articulating a coherent way of achieving this goal, especially giving Germany’s reluctance to accept any changes in the postwar defense status quo, and East-Central European anxieties regarding a possible Russian rapprochement pursued by the French president. Early in his presidency, Macron proposed his Grand Design for a concentric and multi-speed Europe with different stages of integration, and different levels of functioning, a plan which was met with a degree of unwillingness from East-Central European capitals.…”
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Is the Paris Agreement a success and what does it mean for the energy sector? by Luomi, M

“…<p>On 12 December 2015, the French President of the UN Climate Change Conference gavelled through the Paris Agreement in the presence of a few thousand country delegates. …”

La Francia e la guerra d’Algeria. Il «Rapporto Stora» tra uso politico del passato e conflitti del presente by Brazzoduro, A

“…On 24 July 2020, French President Emmanuel Macron commissioned historian Benjamin Stora to report on the «questions regarding the memory of colonisation and the Algerian War». …”

Re-examining de Gaulle’s rejection of British membership in the European Economic Community by Alvin ADITYO, Ari Anggari HARAPAN, itas Indonesia, Indonesia Author-Name:

“…Britain applied to join the organisation twice, first in 1963 and then again in 1967, but was rejected by the French president Charles de Gaulle. The rejection seems relevant now since Britain intends to disengage itself from the EU. …”
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Les nouveaux modes de gestion de la proximité euromaghrébine by Jean-Robert Henry

“…While Germany moves economic leverage to broaden influence, François Hollande France moves diplomatic and military leverage to take back initiative in North and North-West Africa, putting aside the most questionable aspects of previous French president’s action. As regards multilateral relationships, the failure of Europe-Mediterranean partnership fosters “5+5” dialogue, through which West-Mediterranean rimming countries try to strengthen bilateral and transnational relationships and to extend sub-regional cooperation imbued with security concerns. …”
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Reform of the Treaty on the European Union: Implement Impossible Abandon by Potemkina, O.Yu.

“…The second part of the article examines the development of European Political Community (EPC), the idea, which was put forward by French President Macron at the end of the Conference. The author argues that the plans to create the EPC as a «light legal structure with decisionmaking powers» are directly related to implementation of institutional reform, namely, unanimity cancelling. …”
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The “yellow vests” movement in France: problems, causes, prospects by L. D. Efanova

“…The rating of the French President E. Macron has fallen markedly since his inauguration, and the support of the country’s population has declined significantly. …”
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Nicolas Sarkozy's Role in the 2008 Georgia Conflict: The "United West" Confronting Russia by D. Mikhaylov

“…Confronted with the parties' entrenched positions, the French President occasionally resorted to altering the content of his proposed "six-point" peace plan without prior agreement, ultimately impacting the quality of the resulting agreements. …”
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Britain, Germany and the European Security and Defence Policy: constructivist socialisation at work? by Ladzik, Jeannette

“…The British Prime Minister and the French President were therefore able to launch the European defence project at their historic meeting in Saint Malo. …”
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Will a crude oil price band stabilise the market by Fattouh, B

“…The proposal for a crude oil price band, revived by the Indian delegation during the Jeddah Meeting in July 2008, seems to be gathering support. The French president Nicolas Sarkozy and the UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged ‘oil producers to agree a target price range, based on a clearer understanding of the long-term fundamentals’. …”

Persuasion vs evasion: strategies in political interview by N. V. Stepanova

“…Macron prefers to be evasive. Also, the French President often implements stable emotional state strategy.Conclusion. …”
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“STRATEGIC THANATOS” OF POLAND by  Bunevich Dmitry S.

“…The proposals of French President Emmanuel Macron to deepen European integration and build new European security architecture together with Russia suggest that the European establishment is seeking for the reduce of the EU’s military and political dependence on the U.S. …”
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Regards croisés sur l’action diplomatique française en Amérique latine : le voyage de Louis Jacquinot (1958) by Alvar de La Llosa

“…The visit of Jacquinot, a high-ranking civil servant, to South America in 1958 heralded a new orientation in France’s foreign policy towards Latin America, at a time when the election of de Gaulle to French Presidency allowed for a solution of the troubles in the French North African colony of Algeria, thus paving the way to new diplomatic activities. …”
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The 2022 Czech EU Council Presidency: Performance in the Fields of Security, Energy and Rule of Law by Jan Kovář, Tomáš Weiss

“…Czechia was holding the rotating Council presidency for the second time and like in 2009 its presidency trio was rounded out by the preceding French presidency and the following Swedish one. The key difference between the two Czech presidencies was the changed institutional context. …”
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French political symbolism and identity construction by Richard Trim

“…It focusses on the themes of sovereignty during the 2022 French presidency of the European Union and the national presidential election campaign. …”
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Flexible Solidarity in the New Pact on Migration and Asylum: A New Form of Differentiated Integration? by Juan Santos Vara

“…It will also be assessed to what extent the gradual approach followed by the French Presidency of the Council in the first semester of 2022 will allow to make concrete progress on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum and achieve the ambition of a comprehensive asylum and migration policy at EU level in the future.…”
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Gaullism and Neogaullism: Foreign Policy Continuity and Dynamics in France by Alexander Alekseevich Kornilov, Alexandra Ilyinichna Afonshina

“…It’s worth mentioning that the authors analyze the foreign policy of French presidents holistically from the point of view of neogaullism, trying to evaluate the level of continuity during the decades and conclude whether the provisions of Gaullism are relevant for France in the 21st century.…”
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Geopolitical Models before the Decision on the EU Taxonomy by Petko Truhchev

“…The French Presidency (January-June, 2022) inherits some unresolved and contentious issues within the EU. …”
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