France reached the zenith of its power during this period, dominating the European continent in an unprecedented fashion under Napoleon Bonaparte, but by 1815 it had been restored to its pre-Revolutionary borders.
The imperative of avoiding a third Franco-German conflict on the scale of those of two world wars paved the way for European integration starting in the 1950s.
In December 1995, France announced that it would increase its participation in NATO's military wing, including the Military Committee (France withdrew from NATO's military bodies in 1966 whilst remaining full participants in the Organisation's political Councils).
France became a nuclear power and since the 1990s its military action is most often seen in cooperation with NATO and its European partners. ==International stance== Today, French military doctrine is based on the concepts of national independence, nuclear deterrence (see Force de frappe), and military self-sufficiency.
France agreed to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1992 and supported its indefinite extension in 1995.
In December 1995, France announced that it would increase its participation in NATO's military wing, including the Military Committee (France withdrew from NATO's military bodies in 1966 whilst remaining full participants in the Organisation's political Councils).
France agreed to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1992 and supported its indefinite extension in 1995.
After conducting a controversial final series of six nuclear tests on Mururoa in the South Pacific, the French signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in 1996.
Paris hosted the May 1997 NATO-Russia Summit which sought the signing of the Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security.
Among other countries, France provides troops for the United Nations force stationed in Haiti following the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
The French Armed Forces have also played a leading role in the ongoing UN peacekeeping mission along the Lebanon-Israel border as part of the cease-fire agreement that brought the 2006 Lebanon War to an end.
France has also signed and ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention. ===White Papers=== ====2008==== On 31 July 2007, President Nicolas Sarkozy ordered M.
The commission issued its White Paper in early 2008.
Acting upon its recommendations, President Sarkozy began making radical changes in French defense policy and structures starting in the summer of 2008.
In 2011, from 19 March, France participated in the enforcement of a
In a historic change, Sarkozy furthermore has declared that France "will now participate fully in NATO," four decades after former French president General Charles de Gaulle withdrew from the alliance's command structure and ordered American troops off French soil. ====2013==== In May 2014, high ranking defence chiefs of the French Armed Forces threatened to resign if the defence budget received further cuts on top of those already announced in the 2013 White Paper.
In a historic change, Sarkozy furthermore has declared that France "will now participate fully in NATO," four decades after former French president General Charles de Gaulle withdrew from the alliance's command structure and ordered American troops off French soil. ====2013==== In May 2014, high ranking defence chiefs of the French Armed Forces threatened to resign if the defence budget received further cuts on top of those already announced in the 2013 White Paper.
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