Jean François-Poncet

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  Senator Jean François-Poncet, member of the Senate and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, France
  
  Senator Jean François-Poncet The European Union is a daring undertaking: a political and economic union of dozens of independent states that have fought each other more than cooperated in the past. As the EU works to absorb new members, manage the aspirations of applicant states, and simultaneously make its institutions more effective, its future is clouded by recent "no" votes in Ireland, France, and the Netherlands. American interests are also at stake, as the incoming Obama administration charts a fresh course for U.S. relations with Europe amidst calls for a new defense and security pact and as the global economic crisis wreaks havoc on European and American financial institutions. How should the new U.S. president interpret the EU's policies and its financial role in global markets? Will the EU overcome its current political stalemate, can integration continue, and will the EU form a new political model appropriate for other world regions? Senator Jean François-Poncet explores the obstacles confronting Europe and its partners, suggesting that while the chosen path forward is fraught with difficulty, it leads to a future well worth pursuing.
  
  Jean François-Poncet served as French minister of foreign affairs from 1978-1981. He is currently a member of the French Senate and president of the Senatorial Committee on Regional Planning. He has also served as president of the Senate Economic Committee. From 1958-1961, he was secretary general of the French delegation negotiating the Common Market and Euratom treaties. François-Poncet earned his B.A. from Wesleyan University, his M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and his Ph.D. in economics from the Paris Law School. He is a graduate of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration.

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  Conference with Jean François-Poncet, Former Minister, Vice-President of the Commission for Foreign Affairs at the Senate, Nicole Gnesotto, Director, Institut d'Etudes de Sécurité, Union européenne, Dominique Moïsi, Special Advisor at Ifri, and Philippe Moreau Defarges, Fellow, co-Director of Ramses, Ifri

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  Former French Foreign Minister and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the French Senate, Jean Francois-Poncet, plans to visit Yemen this coming Friday, reported the weekly 26 September.

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  Jean Francois-Poncet, a French senator and former foreign minister, said progress on major EU initiatives might be difficult until after elections in France and Italy.He also said the rioting, which often pitted police against Muslim youths, tarnished France's image in Arab countries where Paris has long considered itself influential.
  
  Yet Francois-Poncet observed that France, for all its troubles, could take comfort from looking elsewhere in Europe.
  
  "When everybody is weaker, you all come out even," he said.

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  Senator Jean Francois-Poncet Former French Foreign Secretary

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  Saturday, July 17 - - Jean A. Francois-Poncet, Former Foreign Minister of France

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  Saturday, July 17 - - Jean A. Francois-Poncet, Former Foreign Minister of France

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  Jean Francois-Poncet, former Foreign Minister of France, states in the International Herald Tribune his case for negotiating (read: giving in to blackmail) with the mullahs of Iran.He cites his belief that Iran really just wants economic freedom and the nuclear blackmail is essentially a ruse to achieve its ends.
  
  He also cites Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi as someone who has "warned" Washington against any use of force in Iran.This is the same Ebadi who claims to strive for human rights everywhere, but was opposed in granting it for her Iraqi neighbors. (I wonder what Iraqi citizens think of her?) She also claimed that the U.S. attacked Afghanistan "with the excuse of ousting the Taliaban."I suppose we should expect nothing less from a Nobel Prize winner - with Arafat and Annan, she's in the good company of anti-Americanism.
  
  Monsieur Francois-Poncet then states that "If they fail, which is entirely possible, the Europeans will willingly rally around sanctions."1) While I would like to believe him, I heard this statement prior to Resolution 1441 in Iraq - and it was his country that decided not to hold true to its word.

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  Official message of Mr Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic read by Mr Jean François-Poncet, former minister, co-chairman of the Indo-French Initiative Forum
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  Jean François-Poncet, co-chairman of the Indo-French Initiative Forum

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  Official message of Mr Jacques Chirac , President of the French Republic read by Mr Jean François-Poncet , former minister , co-chairman of the Indo-French Initiative Forum
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  Jean François-Poncet , co-chairman of the Indo-French Initiative Forum

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