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France
Veto May Address French Defense Ownership Concerns
Aviation Week's DTI | Apr 23, 2013
This article first appeared in Aviation Week & Space Technology. France has maintained a degree of state control over its strategic defense industries for decades, but government bungling in managing its shareholdings has led to calls instead for U.S.-style veto power over ownership changes on national security grounds, a regulatory shift that ... more
French Need A400M, Due This Year
Aviation Week's DTI | Jan 23, 2013
This article first appeared in Aviation Week & Space Technology. France's intervention in Mali is testing its legacy air transport fleet as the French air force supports ground forces fighting an advance by Al Qaeda-linked insurgents toward the Malian capital. French C-160 Transalls, C-130 Hercules and Airbus A310 and A340 aircraft have been t... more
France Affirms Nuclear Arms Despite Military Cuts
Associated Press | Jan 09, 2013
OLIVET, France - France's president says the country will maintain its costly nuclear arsenal despite looming military budget cuts, saying the weapons are essential for national defense. President Francois Hollande said Wednesday that global security threats have made nuclear weapons essential for France, which is the only country in continenta... more
France Suggests Arming Syrian Rebels
Associated Press | Nov 15, 2012
PARIS - France's foreign minister raised the prospect Thursday of sending "defensive weapons" to Syrian rebels, saying his country will ask the European Union to consider lifting its arms embargo on the Middle East nation. The civil war in Syria, which began as an uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime, has killed more than 36,000 Syr... more
Putin Jabs France over Syria
Deutsche Presse-Agentur | Jun 02, 2012
Paris/Berlin - European leaders tried Friday to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to support a harder course against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. But while German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Fancois Hollande said after meeting separately with the Russian leader that they had all agreed to seek a political solution... more