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France Responds to Paris Attack by Stressing ‘Fraternité’

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Reading between the lines of the new France-UK nuclear entente

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French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Kier Starmer released a “truly historic” declaration on nuclear planning on July 10.

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France Responds to Paris Attack by Stressing ‘Fraternité’

New Atlanticist
May 2, 2025

France’s foreign minister on Europe’s role in the ‘new era of multilateralism’

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Jean-Noël Barrot laid out his vision of European strategic autonomy and cautioned Washington against pulling back from the multilateral system it helped build.

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France Responds to Paris Attack by Stressing ‘Fraternité’

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Apr 24, 2025

France’s François Villeroy de Galhau on a US recession: ‘Bad news for the US is bad news for all, including for Europe’

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The governor of the Banque de France, speaking at the Atlantic Council, said that the European Central Bank would likely cut interest rates further this year.

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New Atlanticist

Jan 8, 2015

France Responds to Paris Attack by Stressing ‘Fraternité’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Restrained Popular Reaction Will Reduce Gains for Extremists, Says Nicholas Dungan A restrained response by France’s political mainstream to yesterday’s killings in Paris—peaceful street vigils and the ringing of church bells—may reduce the risk of an anti-foreigner backlash, says Atlantic Council analyst Nicholas Dungan. That in turn will limit the assault’s impact in strengthening radicals […]

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New Atlanticist

Jan 7, 2015

The Killings in Paris: A Shocking ‘New Normal’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Only Deep Changes in Middle East Will End the New Strain of Terrorism, Atlantic Council’s Pavel Says The killing by masked gunmen of at least a dozen journalists and others in Paris is an “unfortunate new normal” in an era marked by Islamist extremism’s Generation 3.0—a strain more virulent than that of al Qaeda, according to […]

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NATO leaders at the Wales Summit, Sept. 4, 2014

NATOSource

Jan 2, 2015

10 Most Popular NATO Stories of 2014

By Jorge Benitez, Director of NATOSource

Happy New Year and welcome to 2015. Below are the ten most popular stories on our website in 2014.

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French Mistral class warship Dixmude, July 14, 2011

NATOSource

Dec 19, 2014

Mistral Mysteries

By Jeff Lightfoot, American Interest

To most American and European observers, Hollande’s reluctance to cancel the Mistral sale was incomprehensible.

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Russian sailors in front of the Mistral-class helicopter carrier Vladivostok, Nov. 25, 2014

NATOSource

Dec 19, 2014

Russian Sailors Leaving France Without Mistral Warship

By Sylvie Corbet and Angela Charlton, AP

Hundreds of Russian sailors pulled out of a French port Thursday, bearing perfumes for their loved ones but lacking the controversial bounty they came for: a 1-billion-euro, French-built warship

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News

Dec 11, 2014

Dungan in Les Echos

By Nicholas Dungan

Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Dungan comments for the profile in France’s business daily Les Echos on the recently-arrived United States Ambassador to France, the Honorable Jane Hartley, on the challenges of her new posting:

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Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft, July 18, 2009

NATOSource

Dec 9, 2014

Britain Forced to Ask NATO to Help Track ‘Russian Submarine’ in Scottish Waters

By Ben Farmer, Telegraph

Britain called in Nato sea patrol planes to hunt for a suspected Russian submarine off Scotland last month, after the Government scrapped its own similar aircraft in defence cuts, it has been disclosed.

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In the News

Dec 1, 2014

Lightfoot on the Mistral Warship Issue

By Jeff Lightfoot

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Jeff Lightfoot joins the American Interest to discuss France’s decision to suspend the delivery of the first of two Mistral warships to Russia: Listen to the full interview.

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Nov 27, 2014

Dungan on Du Grain à Moudre

By Nicholas Dungan

Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Dungan joins Du Grain à Moudre to discuss France’s stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict:

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New Atlanticist

Nov 26, 2014

How France Will Be a Test of Europe’s Ability to Enforce Its Budget Rules

By Andrea Montanino

European Union Aims to Put New Muscle into Limiting Deficits; Will it Succeed? Since 2009, France’s state budget has been breaking the rules. It has been exceeding the European Union’s limit on the size of deficits, which are limited (under the Maastricht Treaty) to 3 percent of gross domestic product unless there are exceptional circumstances. Once […]

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