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Russian Sailors Leaving France Without Mistral Warship

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

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Léonie Allard

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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Russian Sailors Leaving France Without Mistral Warship

New Atlanticist
May 2, 2025

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

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Daniel Hojnacki

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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Russian Sailors Leaving France Without Mistral Warship

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

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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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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

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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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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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French Mistral class warship Dixmude, July 14, 2011

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Nov 25, 2014

France Suspends Mistral Delivery to Russia ‘Until Further Notice’

By Reuters, BBC, and AFP

From Reuters:  France suspended indefinitely on Tuesday delivery of the first of two Mistral helicopter carrier warships to Russia, citing conflict in eastern Ukraine where the West accuses Moscow of fomenting separatism.

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Nov 13, 2014

Time for Germans to Earn the Gift of 1989

By Constanze Stelzenmüller, Brookings

At this watershed moment, Germany, dubbed the “reluctant hegemon” not so long ago, finds itself the pivotal player in Europe.

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French warship Mistral (L9013)

NATOSource

Nov 7, 2014

Congressional Leaders Renew Call for NATO to Purchase French Warships Intended for Russia

By Eliot Engel, Mike Rogers, Mike Turner, Bill Keating, Steve Cohen, Gerry Connolly, Steve Chabot, and Jim Gerlach

Text of congressional letter sent to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

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French Mistral, Tonnerre (L9014)

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Nov 6, 2014

French-Built Mistral Ships For Russia Could End Up In Canadian Hands

By Christopher Harress, International Business Times

The Canadian military has emerged as a potential destination for the controversial French-built Mistral helicopter carrier ships, built for Russia and now at the center of an international row

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