For a long time, French politicians have viewed France’s participation in European integration as a justification for the preservation of its power through the framework of Europe. However, France’s position in the European Union seems to become less and less linked to the idea of “Europe puissance”. In spite of the slow erosion of this idea, and due to cultural as well as institutional reasons, French policy makers have not been able to create an alternative national narrative which would justify European integration. In addition to the anti-European stance of the winning faction “Front National”, the biggest winner of the 2014 European elections, there has also been a diffusion of European skepticism throughout the governing parties in France.
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