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• > Generalities

  Area 550,000 sq. km France is the largest country in Western Europe (almost one fifth of the total area of the European Union), with a vast (...)

• > French Institutions

  The Constitution of 4 October 1958 provides the institutional basis for the Fifth Republic. It has been amended several times to institute (...)

• > French Society

  On 1 January 2006, Metropolitan France had an estimated 63.1 million inhabitants. France thus accounts for more than 12.9% of the European (...)

• > Culture & Leisure

  The Ministry of Culture’s budget for 2007 was €3.2 billion. The financing of cultural activities costs some €12.6 billion, half provided by the (...)

• > Economy

  France is the world’s fourth largest economic power in terms of GDP. The country’s assets are varied and include its transport and (...)

• > France’s foreign policy

  France’s foreign policy is founded on several centuries of diplomatic tradition and some fundamental principles: the right of peoples to (...)

• > Francophonie

  The broadest meaning of this term covers the whole range of actions directed at the promotion of the French language and the values for which it (...)

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