France's return to NATO: the death knell for ESDP?

Irondelle, Bastien; Mérand, Frédéric

doi:10.1080/09662839.2010.499362

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“…However, there are different views concerning whether such a development is already under way. While some see the Anglo-French defence pact as an important step towards a stronger European defence capacity, and hold that such a capacity will also be valuable for CSDP (Howorth 2010), others see it as a potential death knell for the CSDP (Irondelle and Mérand 2010). This means that it is too early to say what implications French reintegration in NATO's IMS will have for EU/NATO cooperation Á especially now that the CSDP is in difficulty due to the financial crisis in Europe.…”

Section: Prospects For Better Nato/eu Cooperationmentioning

confidence: 89%

The French return to NATO: Reintegration in practice, not in principle

Rieker

2013

European Security

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Sarkozy's decision to bring France back into NATO's integrated military structure in 2009 represents in some ways a break with French exceptionalism. But how deep is this change? This article examines whether the decision has led to a real integration of France along various dimensions of integration; whether the decision represents a continuation or a break with the traditional French approach and the effects of this reintegration on NATO/EU cooperation. The empirical analysis of French political and military practices in NATO combines a focus on macro-level foreign policy formulations with a micro-level study of how French officials and representatives communicate and interact on a day-to-day basis. The analysis shows that France has become increasingly integrated into NATO since 2009 on most dimensions except with regard to cultural integration. Thus, France may be reintegrated in practice, but not yet in principle.

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Section: Prospects For Better Nato/eu Cooperationmentioning

confidence: 89%

The French return to NATO: Reintegration in practice, not in principle

Rieker

2013

European Security

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“…In the end, this will do nothing but strengthen the European defence capability that is also in the interest of the US. However, while the Anglo-French defence pact by some is perceived as an important step towards a stronger European capacity in the defence field and that such a capacity will in turn also be of value for CSDP (Howorth 2010), others have interpreted it as a potential death knell for the CSDP (Irondelle and Mérand 2010). These differences in opinion are also to be found among the French officials that I interviewed.…”

Section: Prospects For a Better Cooperation Between Nato And The Eumentioning

confidence: 91%

The French Return to NATO: Reintegration in Practice, Not in Principle

Rieker¹

2017

French Foreign Policy in a Changing World

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Sarkozy's decision to bring France back into NATOs integrated military structure in 2009 represents in some sense a break with the French exceptionalism. But how deep is this change? This paper examines the extent to which this decision has led to a real integration of France according to different dimensions of integration. In addition, it also aims at revealing the extent to which it represents a continuation or a break with the traditional French approach and the effects of this reintegration on the cooperation between NATO and the EU. The paper attempts to answer these research questions based on an empirical analysis of French political and military practices in NATO. It combines a focus on macro-level foreign policy formulations with a more detailed study of how French officials and representatives communicate and interact on a day-to-day basis (micro-level). The overall assumption is that the higher degree of (real) integration into the military structures of NATO, the more likely it is that this decision also represent a break with the traditional French approach and that it will have a positive effect on the cooperation between the two institutions. The empirical analysis in this paper shows that France has become increasingly integrated into NATO since 2009 on most dimensions except with regards to cultural integration. This indicates that France is more or less fully reintegrated in practice, but perhaps not yet in principle.

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“…Enfin, en France comme ailleurs en Europe, le projet d'Europe de la défense a perdu une grande partie de son attractivité ces dernières années. À Paris prédomine de plus en plus une approche pragmatique, ou même « hyperpragmatique 35 Cette orientation française vers d'autres cadres d'action a certainement été amplifiée par la réticence de l'Allemagne et du Royaume-Uni à s'engager dans le développement de la défense européenne en Berlin soutient, en principe, le projet de faire de l'UE un acteur global. Mais il préfère que l'Union garde son caractère de « puissance civile ».…”

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Interventions françaises en Afrique : la fin de l'européanisation?

Koepf¹

2012

Politique Étrangère

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France's return to NATO: the death knell for ESDP?

Cited by 18 publications

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The French return to NATO: Reintegration in practice, not in principle

The French return to NATO: Reintegration in practice, not in principle

The French Return to NATO: Reintegration in Practice, Not in Principle

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