2. General Profile
French Diplomacy played a big role in shaping
modern international diplomacy
Conservative
Tough
Purposeful
Strategic Autonomy
Diplomacy of distinctiveness and legality
3. Diplomatic Past
o Cardinal de
Richelieu
-negotiations
o Charles De Gaulle
-”de grandeur”
o Mendes France
-”politics of choice”
o Jack Chirac
-”movement
diplomacy”
4. Diplomatic Style and Methods
Multilateralism
-Multilateral World Order
Bilateralism
-Franco-German
relations
Summits
-G8
Personal Diplomacy
-Nicolas Sarkozy
International
Organizations
-EU, UN
5. France and EU
Member of the
European Union in the
1950s.
It’s permanent
representation in the
European Union plays a
key role in expressing
France’s positions
within the European
institutions
6. France and EU
Strength of the global economic
and political influence of the EU
Its role in common European
defense.
Development of a Common
Security and Defense Policy (CSDP)
with other EU members
Led the way in implementing the
Schengen agreement (open borders
for people) and EMU
7. France and EU
France cooperating with
Germany, and Britain
persuade Iran to accept
International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) inspections
of its nuclear energy sites
Want the EU to have a
strong Commission and a
strong President of the
Commission but Council,
must remain paramount in
decision making
8. France and EU
Supported “qualified
majority voting (QMV)”
Failed in the first
stages of an EU
immigration and
asylum policy
Did not gain much in
advancing a nascent
security and defense
policy (ESDP)
9. France and EU
Develop EU missions
under the mandate of the
UN.
France failed to encourage
the more European
response in Lebanon
Often use of force for
military operations abroad
within the EU, the UN or
NATO.
Opposed Turkey’s candidacy
for EU membership
Lebanon Prime Minister Saad Hariri
10. Religion issues
Ban “conspicuous”
religious symbols in
schools. Prohibiting
the wear of head
scarves, religious
symbols, such as
large crosses and
the yarmulke.
11. Sarkozy’s domestic “arab policy”
“The burqa is not a religious sign. It is
a sign of the subjugation, of the
submission, of women”
“We cannot accept
in our country
women imprisoned
behind bars, cut off
from social life,
deprived of
identity.”
12. Sarkozy and EU
Conservative French interpretation of the
EU law on immigration policies
Sovereignty vs. EU law
13. Foreign Policy Principles
The construction of
Europe
International security
Action at the UN
International
cooperation
Humanitarian action
The fight against
terrorism
Protect the french in
the world
14. Conclusion
New energetic style rhetoric and
vision
Nicolas Sarkozy did not bring any
significant changes to the diplomacy
Diplomacy of France is a modern
type of “grandeur” and marked by
continuity
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