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In 2009, French president Nicolas Sarkozy threatened to abdicate as French co-prince if the principality did not change its banking laws to eliminate its longstanding status as a tax haven. [ 11 ] In 2014, Joan Enric Vives i Sicília said that he would abdicate as bishop of Urgell and co-prince of Andorra if the Andorran Parliament passed a law ...
The President of France acts as a co-Prince (along with the Spanish Bishop of Urgell) in Andorra. In 1993, France opened a resident embassy in Andorra la Vella. [1] In October 1967, French President (and co-Prince) Charles de Gaulle paid a visit to Andorra. It was the first visit by a French President to the nation. [2]
Elected first President of the French Republic in the 1848 election against Louis-Eugène Cavaignac. He provoked the coup of 1851 and proclaimed himself Emperor in 1852. Henri Georges Boulay de la Meurthe, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte's vice president, was the sole person to hold that office.
François Mitterrand's nephew Frédéric Mitterrand was a journalist, Minister of Culture and Communications under Nicolas Sarkozy (and a supporter of Jacques Chirac, former French President), and his wife's brother-in-law Roger Hanin was a well-known French actor.
In 2007 and 2008, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, [56] Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Quebec Premier Jean Charest [57] all spoke in favour of a Canada – EU free trade agreement. In October 2008, Sarkozy became the first French President to address the National Assembly of Quebec. In his speech he spoke out against Quebec ...
He was the first Socialist Party president since François Mitterrand left office in 1995. The President of the French Republic is one of the two joint heads of state of the Principality of Andorra. Hollande hosted a visit from Antoni Martí, head of the government, and Vicenç Mateu Zamora, leader of the parliament. [37] [38]
Personal Representatives of the French Co-Prince 4 May 1993: 13 September 1993: Jean-Pierre Courtois (acting) 1947– 13 September 1993: 17 February 1997: Jean-Yves Caullet 1957– 17 February 1997: 25 May 1999: Pierre de Bousquet de Florian: 1954– 25 May 1999: 26 July 2002: Frédéric de Saint-Sernin: 1958– 26 July 2002: 31 May 2007 ...
Macron in his capacity as Co-Prince of Andorra met with the other Co-Prince Joan Enric Vives i Sicília, the General Syndics of the General Council Roser Suñé Pascuet and Prime Minister Xavier Espot. Italy Rome: 18 September: Macron met with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. United States New York City 22–24 ...