Publication
2004
At one level of analysis, French and German security cooperation has never been closer. Paris and Berlin both rejected the American-led invasion of Iraq. Going several steps further, they were together at the heart of the active and ultimately successful opposition to the Security Council's legitimisation of the use of force against Iraq: indeed, in his blunt language, Donald Rumsfeld heaped scorn on the two countries lumped together as "old Europe".
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Author | Francois Heisbourg |
Series | IAI International Spectator |
Publisher | Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) |
Copyright | © 2004 Istituto Affari Internazionali |