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Later, the elected representatives of the island of Saint-Barthélemy expressed a desire to "obtain a European status which would be better suited to its status under domestic law, particularly given its remoteness from the mainland, its small insular economy largely devoted to tourism and subject to difficulties in obtaining supplies which ...
France's location in the European Union Election campaign poster by the Action Française party in favour of Frexit. Frexit (a portmanteau of "French" or "France" and "exit") is the hypothetical French withdrawal from the European Union (EU). The term is similar to Brexit, which denotes the UK leaving the EU.
Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union is a procedure in the treaties of the European Union to suspend certain rights from a member state. While rights can be suspended, there is no mechanism to expel a state from the union.
Investors may punish French stocks and bonds, which could lead to contagion in other areas of the EU where the euro currency is used because of the size of France's national public debt, about $3 ...
As the EU's second-biggest member state, France is eyeing a major post in the shake-up of key jobs in EU institutions that follows the June European Parliament elections.
The new government enters office after months of political deadlock and crisis and pressure from financial markets to reduce France’s colossal debt. France has a new government. Now it must fix ...
During its membership of the European Union, the United Kingdom had five opt-outs from EU legislation (from the Economic and Monetary Union, the area of freedom, security and justice, the Schengen Agreement, the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and the Social Chapter), four of them remained in force when it left the EU, the most of any member state.
Other analysts [10] have submitted that there are basically three ways of exiting the Eurozone: by leaving and subsequently rejoining the EU, whereby a renewed membership in the European Union would be possible only when economic convergence had been achieved; through a Treaty amendment; or through a European Council decision.