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Roundtable on France

France, Europe, European Union


Event Summary

On March 7, 2006, the Brookings Institution's Center on the United States and Europe, in cooperation with the National Intelligence Council, convened a day-long roundtable on the subject of France in Washington, DC. The roundtable brought together academic experts from France and the United States with members of the U.S. intelligence community to discuss long-term trends in France and their implications for France, for Europe, and for transatlantic relations.

Event Information

When

Tuesday, March 07, 2006
12:00 AM to

Where

Falk Auditorium
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
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Event Materials

Contact: Brookings Office of Communications

E-mail: events@brookings.edu

Phone: 202.797.6105

 

Transcript

France has always had turbulent politics, but even by that historical standard the last year has been extraordinary. In May 2005, French voters rejected the draft European constitutional treaty in a nationwide referendum. The "no" vote, soon followed by an even more resounding rejection in the Netherlands, effectively buried the constitution and threw into the doubt the French commitment to European integration.

Participants

Moderators

Jonathan Laurence

Visiting Fellow, Italy Program of the Center on the United States and Europe

Nicolas de Boisgrollier

Visiting Fellow, Center on the United States and Europe

Philip H. Gordon

Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy


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