As a founding member of the European Community, France has a deep and long standing commitment to the European Union - with a particularly special connection to the European Parliament.

There is a long standing relationship between the European Parliament and the Presidents of the French Rebpublic. Six of the eight presidents of the Fifth Republic -&nbsp;excluding&nbsp;de Gaulle and Pompidou&nbsp;-&nbsp;have visited the European Parliament in Strasbourg, thus displaying solidarity with the parliament and demonstrating their commitment to the European project.

The Presidents of the French Republic and the European Parliament

Memoclip: The Presidents of the French Republic and the European Parliament

Debate on the future of the European Union: extracts from the statement by François HOLLANDE, President of the French Republic

(15) Official arrivals at the European ceremony for former Chancellor Helmut KOHL: Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic and Nicolas SARKOZY, former President of the French Republic

Statement by François HOLLANDE, President of the French Republic : extracts from his statement on the current situation in the European Union

Informal meeting between Martin SCHULZ, EP President, Angela MERKEL, German Federal Chancellor, and François HOLLANDE, President of the French Republic: arrivals and roundtable

Address by Nicolas SARKOZY, President of the French Republic: extracts from the formal sitting

Address by Jacques CHIRAC, President of the French Republic, on the activities' program of the French Presidency of the EU Council: extracts

Inauguration of the new European Parliament building "Louise WEISS" in Strasbourg, in the presence of Jacques CHIRAC, President of the French Republic, and Nicole FONTAINE, EP President: extracts (14/12/1999)

Presentation of the programme of the French Presidency: extracts from the address by François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic

Addresses by Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor and François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic (22 November 1989): extracts from the statements

European Ceremony of Honour for Dr. Helmut KOHL - Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic

European Ceremony of Honour for Dr. Helmut KOHL - Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic, on the left

European Ceremony of Honour for Dr. Helmut KOHL - Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic, in the centre

Official visit of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and the President of the Republic of France in plenary session in Strasbourg

Visit of the German Chancellor and the President of the French Republic to the European Parliament in Strasbourg.   Plenary session , with special presence of Angela Merkel, German Chancellor and Fran?ßois Hollande, President of Franc

Visit of the President of France to the EP in Strasbourg, at the start of the French Presidency.

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