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Minister Delegate for Europe Benjamin Haddad attended a meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission for the Strengthening of Cross-Border Cooperation (CIG) in Luxemburg on December 11. He hailed the progress made possible by this format. He also expressed his wish to continue joint efforts toward ever more ambitious goals.
At the opening of the meeting, he emphasized that France was doing its utmost to simplify the daily lives of those living along our borders. While underscoring the (…)

Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot spoke over the phone with his Senegalese counterpart, Minister of African Integration, Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad Cheikh Niang on December 10, 2025.
The Ministers talked about strengthening the partnership between France and Senegal, which they want to see grounded in mutually beneficial relations built on the strength of our historic ties and in service of our interests and our peoples. In particular, they discussed the (…)

Thanks to the efforts of French customs officials, judicial authorities and police officers at the Embassy of France in Panama, and working in close cooperation with the Panamanian authorities, France contributed to the Panamanian authorities' dismantling of a major network trafficking drugs to several European countries, including France, via Tocumen International Airport in Panama.
This achievement attests to France's determination to cooperate with Latin American and Caribbean countries (…)

To conclude the 2025 campaign of the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, the members of the Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse (Australia (eSafety Commissioner), Canada, Chile, Finland, France, Iceland, Montenegro, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom) have publication a declaration on the prevention and response to NCII abuse, including those manipulated by or generated by artificial intelligence. The advent of (…)

The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs applauds today's awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 to Michel H. Devoret from France, along with John Clarke from the UK, and John M. Martinis from the U.S., in recognition of their pioneering work together on macroscopic quantum mechanics. The Ministry likewise applauds the awarding of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 to Philippe Aghion from France, along with Joel Mokyr from Israel and the (…)

This December 10th, on the occasion of Human Rights Day, France reaffirms its commitment to protecting and promoting these rights, as they are stated in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This declaration enshrines the universal, indivisible, inalienable nature of human rights, whose realization depends on justice and respect for the rule of law.
France pays tribute to the defenders of human rights, who, out of their commitment to this cause, have chosen to take a stand (…)

On 10 December 2025, the international Human Rights Day, France and Germany are recognizing 14 laureates of the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law.
Since 2016, to mark Human Rights Day, France and Germany have honoured figures who campaign for human rights with exceptional courage and commitment. The Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law recognizes the essential contribution made by civil society worldwide to respect for human dignity and the (…)

Belgium, Denmark, the European Union, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, as members of the International Contact Group for the Great Lakes (ICG), chaired by Germany, issue the following statement on the alarming escalation in South Kivu:
The ICG expresses its profound concern regarding the renewed outbreak of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the new offensive of the March 23 Movement (…)

France is concerned by the resumption of tensions between Thailand and Cambodia, which has led to new casualties. It calls on the parties to fully abide by and implement the ceasefire of July 28, 2025 and the joint declaration by the Prime Ministers of both countries adopted on October 26 on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur.
France reiterates its support for the mediation effort undertaken by ASEAN, and particularly by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, in his capacity as (…)

France joins with the Syrian people in commemorating the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime one year ago, on December 8, 2024, after more than 13 years of repression and cruel violence against his own people.
One year ago, Bashar al-Assad left behind a devastated country emptied of much of its population, who – when not forced into exile – were massacred, tortured or bombarded by chemical weapons by the regime and its Russian and Iranian allies. France has staunchly supported a political (…)