France has the largest maritime domain in the world and is abandoning it, according to the president of the centrist Alliance, Philippe Folliot.
Neglected overseas territories, a lack of economic vision, neglected sovereignty… After the publication, in 2009, of
France-sur-Mer.
A forgotten empire
, the senator from Tarn publishes the sequel,
France-sur-Mer.
An incredible mess
(Editions La Bibliotèca).
It reviews strategic errors and offers concrete ways to finally enhance this unique asset.
LE FIGARO.
- Your book is based on this astonishing observation: France still believes itself to be continental and European when it is global and maritime…
Philippe Folliot.
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France has the largest maritime domain in the world, ahead of the United States, with 11.69 million square kilometers.
This includes the exclusive economic zone, territorial waters and the recent extension of sovereign rights, via Extraplac.
Our country is not aware of it, but the blue economy in France represents more than…
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