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France and the European Defence: Two Enigmas

by Federico Santopinto, researcher at GRIP

28 March 2011
Abstract

The new Franco-British military treaties, the other initiatives existing in this field within the EU, the unity between Paris and London against Qaddafi, the relation with Germany, the EU’s role in the Libyan crisis … what is the French strategy with regard to the European Defence?

This paper is trying to collect and assemble the many pieces of a puzzle that seems to have become very complex.

Key words: European Union, Libya, Franco-British military cooperation, treaty of Lisbon, CFSP, CSDP, France, United Kingdom.
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