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IN FEBRUARY 2016, Foreign Minister of France Laurent Fabius left his post after nearly four years in office; this rekindled the discussion about France's foreign policy and its steadily declining international significance. When in the late 1950s General de Gaulle presented his foreign policy doctrine to the nation it looked as if there were no alternatives to it. Georges Pompidou, the general's top ally, minced no words: "No French government can pursue a policy different from that of de Gaulle. It might be differently formulated but the essence will remain the same."
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