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Michel Barnier

Former French Commissioner in charge of Regional Policy and former president of the Defense Group of the European Convention, Michel Barnier is the French Foreign Minister.

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“I did my job, the mission was accomplished”

by Michel Barnier

28 June 2005

Florence Aubena’s release was possible thanks to the 158 days of mobilization as we did in the Christian Chesnot and George Malbrunot case. In this negotiation we turned to the strength of Quai d’Orsay [Foreign Relations] and the Ministry of Defense. I even had meetings every night to assess the (…)

"You Can’t Win Wars Alone"

by Michel Barnier

9 May 2005

002. «You Can’t Win Wars Alone»
Today, we have negotiations with Iran, but we are on alert. It is a difficult negotiation, but we are convinced that the political and diplomatic option is the best. Our main objective is to have the assurance that the Iranian nuclear program is exclusively (…)