Tag: France

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2009-05-25 President Nicolas Sarkozy has formally opened a French military base in the United Arab Emirates, France's first permanent base in the Gulf.
The base will will host up to 500 French troops and include a navy base, air base, and training camp
2008-12-31 GDP in France fell by 1.2% in the last three months of 2008.
2008-10 "United States' desire to consolidate its global role" is unrealizable in a multipolar world.
-- According to Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia, in a major speech regarding European security at the World Policy Conference in Evian, France
2008-09-09 The planned missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic “is made to put pressure on them (the Russians). It has nothing to do with the Iranians”.
-- According to Hubert Védrine, former French Minister of Foreign Affairs, radio interview on France Inter
2008-07-13 In France, President Nicolas Sarkozy, flanked by President Hosni Mubarak and United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon, and with more than 40 leaders — representing some 756 million people — opened a summit to launch a new union of Mediterranean nations.
2008-07-11 In Brussels, Belgium a donor conference for Kosovo saw pledges of a total of 1.2 billion euro.
-- According to Pierre Mirel, European Commission director for Western Balkans

The EU and its member countries pledged a total of 800 million euro and the US 225 million euro. Germany pledged 100 million euro, the UK 28 million pounds sterling, Switzerland 47 million euro, Luxembourg 25.5 million euro, Italy 13 million euro, France 2.3 million euro, Slovenia 500 000 euro and Bulgaria 500 000 euro.

The George Soros Foundation pledged 500 000 euro in aid for the Roma community in Kosovo.
2008-06-24 "Jerusalem is the historic capital of the Jewish people. Jerusalem will not be divided, and only Israeli control in the city will guarantee freedom of worship for all religions."
-- Benjamin Netanyahu, chairman of the right-wing Likud party, during a meeting with visiting Nicolas Sarkozy
2008-06 The top ten gold holders are US, 8,133.5 tons, accounting for 27.28 percent of the world’s total, followed by Germany, 3,417.3 tons or 11.46 percent, while IMF is third with 3,217.3 tons or 10.79 percent. The rest on the list are France, Italy, Switzerland, Japan, the Netherlands, China and European Central Bank (ECB).
-- According to statistics released by IMF International Financial Statistics (IFS)
2008-04 France and Germany blocked the Membership Action Plans for Georgia and Ukraine.
2008-01-15 France and the UAE have signed a deal to develop peaceful nuclear energy.

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