VISIT TO PARIS AND BREST - 5-7 MARCH 2012

Sixteen legislators from 12 NATO member states visited Paris and Brest from 5 to 7 March to continue monitoring the implementation of NATO’s November 2010 Strategic Concept by member states and to learn about France’s defence policy priorities. Host country interlocutors emphasised the important role that NATO continues to play for European security and stressed the commitment of France to the Alliance.

The meetings and discussions focused particularly on French views on and contributions to NATO’s operations and capabilities.  Missile defence also featured prominently on the agenda, as did France’s defence planning, its nuclear deterrent, the Franco-British agreement on defence and its implications for NATO and for the European Union.

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