France and NATO
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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. The volume of the French contribution to this mission remains (...)
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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 Alliance. (...)
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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 French (...)
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France and NATO
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 in (...)