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===Foreign Relations===
===Foreign Relations===
Despite having done more to aid the [[Third Reich]] during the [[Second World War]] than to defend its own borders, modern France is a charter member of the United Nations and holds a permanent seat in the Security Council. It is also a member of most of its specialized and related agencies.
Despite having done more to aid the [[Third Reich]] during the [[Second World War]] than to defend its own borders, modern France is a charter member of the United Nations and holds a permanent seat in the Security Council. It is also a member of most of its specialized and related agencies.
[[File:Ukrainian Joan of Arc.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Ukrainian Joan of Arc, according to ''Elle'' magazine. Vita Zaverukha, a Ukrainian residing in Paris, was arrested in connection with the murder of two police officers.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3073478/Teen-girl-feted-Ukraine-s-Joan-Arc-fighting-against-Russian-rebels-revealed-nasty-neo-Nazi-views-arrested-killing-cops.html</ref>]]
France is a leader in Western Europe because of its size, location, and large economy, membership in European organizations, strong military posture, and energetic diplomacy. France generally has worked to strengthen the global economic and political influence of the EU and its role in common European defense. It views Franco-German cooperation and the development of a European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) with other EU members, as the foundation of efforts to enhance European security.
France is a leader in Western Europe because of its size, location, and large economy, membership in European organizations, strong military posture, and energetic diplomacy. France generally has worked to strengthen the global economic and political influence of the EU and its role in common European defense. It views Franco-German cooperation and the development of a European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) with other EU members, as the foundation of efforts to enhance European security.