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• > Australia Day: Message from Mr François Hollande

  

  A l’occasion de la fête nationale d’Australie, j’ai le plaisir de vous adresser, en mon nom personnel et en celui du peuple français, mes chaleurOn the occasion of the National Day of the Commonwealth of Australia, I am (...)

• > United States - Execution of Marvin Wilson

  

  Excerpts from the daily press briefing by Vincent Floreani, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ deputy spokesman

• > State Department report on religious freedom

  Excerpts from the daily press briefing by Vincent Floreani, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ deputy spokesman.

• > France and the New Arab World by Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign (...)

  

  Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to be concluding this most useful seminar on the state of play in the Arab world in the age of revolutions. My presence here bears witness to the importance that France (...)

• > Syria/aggravation of the situation – Press conference given by Laurent (...)

  

  The situation in Syria has taken an even graver, more horrific turn. We have learned in particular that children are now serving as human shields for the regime; they are led in front of trucks and tanks, tortured, (...)

• > Election of the Director-General of the International Labor (...)

  

  Joint communiqué by Mr. Laurent Fabius, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Michel Sapin, Ministre of Labour, Employement, Vocational Training and Industrial Relations (...)

• > Laurent Fabius: "B. al-Assad is the murderer of his people. He must leave (...)

  

  Interview given by Mr Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the newspaper Le Monde (excerpts)

• > WHO – Margaret Chan, new term as head of the World Health Organization

  

  France welcomes the re-election of Ms. Margaret Chan as head of the World Health Organization. We offer her our warmest congratulations and assure her of our support for her new 5-year (...)

• > G8: Press Conference given by François Hollande (19/05/2012)

  

  The G8 has just ended and I would like to mention 3 major decisions, or in any case, 3 major commitments that came out of this meeting in which I participated for the first (...)

• > Bilateral Meeting between President Hollande and President Obama (...)

  

  Remarks by President Hollande and President Obama after Bilateral Meeting.

• > President François Hollande’s Inauguration Speech

  

  We are a great country which, through its history, has always been able to brave the ordeals and take up the challenges facing it. Every time, it succeeded in doing so by remaining what it is. Always through (...)

• > Mr. Alain Juppé’s participation in the G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting (April (...)

  Excerpts from the daily press briefing by Bernard Valero, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesman

• > Statement issued by Mr. Alain Juppé, Ministre d’Etat, Minister of Foreign and (...)

  Excerpts from the daily press briefing by Bernard Valero, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs’spokesman Paris, March 29, 2012 Statement issued by Mr. Alain Juppé, Ministre d’Etat, Minister of Foreign and European (...)

• > Statement issued by Mr. Alain Juppé and Mr. Claude Guéant

  Point de presse de Bernard Valero, porte-parole du Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes

• > International Women’s Day – March 8, 2012

  

  On the occasion of International Women’s Day, France would like to reaffirm its commitment to promoting women’s rights and equality between men and women. (Excerpts from the daily press briefing by Bernard Valero, (...)

• > North Korea – Moratorium on nuclear activities

  

  Excerpts from the daily press briefing by Bernard Valero, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesman (Paris, March 01, 2012)

• > Syria - Communiqué issued by the Presidency of the Republic (Feb. (...)

  

  President Sarkozy strongly deplores the fact that, due to the vote of two permanent members and despite the support of the other 13 members, the Security Council has, for a second time, been unable to speak out on (...)

• > Meeting between Alain Juppé and his Australian counterpart, Kevin (...)

  

  Thursday 19th January 2012 - The Ministre d’Etat will receive Mr. Kevin Rudd, Australia’s Foreign Minister.

• > President Sarkozy’s best wishes to the overseas French community

  

  The President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, addressed his best wishes to the overseas French community during a speech at the Residence of France in Madrid at the occasion of his official visit to Spain (...)

• > Visit by Mr. Alain Juppé to Japan and Burma (Jan. 12-16, 2012)

  Excerpt from the daily press briefing by Romain Nadal, Deputy Spokesman at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• > Fiji Islands – Lifting of the state of emergency (Jan. 3, 2012)

  Statement by French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Spokesman, Romain Nadal

• > The French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs launches its English (...)

  

  December 22, 2011 France’s Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs has recently launched a new Twitter account in English. The account, @francediplo_EN, seeks to allow greater access to English-speaking internet (...)

• > Press conference given by Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the (...)

  

  European Council – Press conference given by Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republic (excerpts)

• > Signing of Croatia’s European Union accession treaty (Dec.9, (...)

  Excerpt from the daily press briefing by Bernard Valero, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesman

• > Joint article by Alain Juppé and Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet (in Le (...)

  Paris, 8 December 2011 French climate proposals The signals are clear, consistent and alarming. The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sheds light on the increasing frequency of (...)

• > Signing of Croatia’s European Union accession treaty (Dec. 9, (...)

  Excerpt from the daily press briefing by Bernard Valero, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesman

• > Nuclear power, a pillar of France’s energy policy (6 june 2011)

• > NATO Summit Declaration (Nov. 20, 2010)

  

  NATO Summit Declaration (Lisbon, 20 November, 2010) Declaration issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Lisbon 1. We, the Heads of State and (...)

• > France/Romania - Joint statement by French and Romanian ministers

  Roma (September 9, 2010) France/Romania - Joint statement by French and Romanian ministers : Joint statement by Pierre Lellouche, Minister of State responsible for european Affairs, Eric Besson, Minister of (...)