French Official statements

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• > Roma poeple in France: officials statements

  Opinion column by M. Pierre LELLOUCHE Minister of State responsible for European Affairs published in Le Figaro on 23 August 2010 Roma: Freedom of movement, a duty to integrate Having expanded into Central (...)

• > Handover ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs

  On the proposal of Prime Minister François Fillon, the President of the Republic has appointed: Mme Michèle Alliot-Marie, Ministre d’Etat, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs; M. Henri de Raincourt, Minister, (...)

• > New year’s eve broadcoast to the French (Paris, 31 December 2010) by Nicolas (...)

  My dear compatriots, 2010 is drawing to a close. I know it’s been a tough year for many of you. The effects of the economic and financial crisis, which began three years ago, have continued to be felt and many (...)

• > New Year’s Eve broadcast to the French by Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the (...)

  Paris, 31 December 2010 My dear compatriots, 2010 is drawing to a close. I know it’s been a tough year for many of you. The effects of the economic and financial crisis, which began three years ago, have continued (...)

• > Egypt: Joint statement by Heads of State and Government of France, UK, (...)

  Joint statement by Mr Nicolas Sarkozy, Mr David Cameron, Ms Angela Merkel, Mr Silvio Berlusconi and MrJosé Luis Zapatero We are watching with utmost concern the deteriorating situation in Egypt. The Egyptian (...)

• > Christine Lagarde interviewed in "La Tribune"

• > Interview given by Michèle Alliot-Marie: Tunisia, Egypt, Rafale&Brazil

  Interview given by Michèle Alliot-Marie, Ministre d’Etat, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, to “France 2” television (excerpts) Paris, 11 February 2011 (…) EGYPT/TRANSITION/UNREST Q. – Turning to Egypt: many (...)

• > Launch of “So French, So Good” campaign – Communiqué issued by the Ministry for (...)

  Paris, 16 February 2011 On 19 November 2010 the “gastronomic meal of the French” was inscribed on UNESCO’s Intangible Heritage list. Armed with this international recognition – in which President Sarkozy played a (...)

• > Christine Lagarde on helping Japan’s economy survive disaster

  Japan – Interview given by Christine Lagarde, Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry, to “Les Echos” newspaper Paris, 21 March 2011 Q. – The G7 finance ministers and central bank governors decided on Friday (...)

• > Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

  

  This conference is being held in Rio de Janeiro from 20 to 22 June 2012, 20 years after the first Earth Summit, which had marked a turning point in the consideration of environmental challenges at the international (...)

• > Belarus - Sweden : Statement by the spokeperson of the French (...)

  

  France shares the concern of High Representative Catherine Ashton over Minsk’s refusal to renew the credentials of the Swedish Ambassador to Belarus. We stand with the Swedish authorities and call on Belarus to renew (...)

• > A strong Arms Trade Treaty for a safer world: let’s finish our (...)

  

  Joint Communiqué by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the Minister for Trade of Sweden