France and NATO
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Meeting of NATO Secretary General with President Macron (15 May 2018)
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was received at the Elysee Palace by President Emmanuel Macron on 15 May 2018. The meeting addressed the current security challenges and the adaptation of the Alliance, as (...)
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The Lynx detachment redeploys in Lithuania as part of NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP)
The French forces deployed in Estonia since April 2017 as part of NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) have been redeployed in Lithuania Early January 2018.
France has been deploying troops as part of the (...) -
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has visited Paris (18-19 December 2017)
NATO Secretary General, whose term of office has just been extended until 2020, has visited France on 18 and 19 December. He was hosted by President Emmanuel Macron and held talks with the Minister for Europe and (...)
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Speech by President Emmanuel Macron at Ambassadors’ Week (29 August 2017)
Since 1993, Ambassadors’ Week has brought together every year in late August the heads of French diplomatic missions from all over the world. This event provides the opportunity for the highest French authorities to (...)
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Estonia: handover-takeover of the French detachment (9 August 2017)
The French all-arms sub-battle group engaged in Estonia within the framework of NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) was taken over on 9 August 2017.
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Estonia - French deployment in the context of the enhanced forward presence (eFP)
Since April 2017, France deploys 300 soldiers in Estonia as part of NATO’s enhanced forward presence (eFP). With the other Allies present, France contributes to the security of the eastern flank of the (...)
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French commitment in operation Sea Guardian
From 28 May to 13 June 2017, four NATO ships participated in a maritime security operation as part of Operation Sea Guardian in the Mediterranean.
The task force was led by a French vessel, the Guépratte frigate, (...) -
French engagement in Operation Baltic Air Policing
On the evening of 28 August 2016, four Mirage 2000-5 aircrafts from the Luxeuil air base landed at Lithuania’s Siauliai air base as part of Operation Baltic Air Policing 2016. After two days of ramp-up, the (...)
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Archive - Letter from President Charles de Gaulle to President Lyndon Johnson on France’s withdrawal from the NATO command structure (March 7 1966)
Dear Mr. President,
Our Atlantic Alliance will in three years’ time complete its first term. I wish to tell you that France is aware to what extent the defensive solidarity thus established between 15 free (...) -
France and NATO : presentation
France in NATO during the Cold War
France, a founding member of NATO, participated fully in the Alliance from the beginning, and hosted NATO’s first permanent seat in Paris (in the Palais de Chaillot and then (...)