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The main objective of this chapter is to characterise the activities between French regions and Chinese provinces or cities – their intensity, scopes, advantages and obstacles. Besides, as the context for the paradiplomacy, a broader perspective is briefly introduced focusing on the bilateral state, economic and social relations. An important question arises as to whether the relations at the state level correlate with the relations at the lower, regional, level. Taking the broader perspective into account, it is worth evaluating how the EU-China relation and the internal situation of China influence paradiplomacy. ; Publication financed by the National Science Centre, Poland. (Project number: 2015/19/B/HS5/02534 entitled "Rola regionów w polityce Unii Europejskiej wobec Chin/ The Role of Regions in the European Union Policy towards China")

Dominated by a "neither Left nor Right" ideology, the French Green Party stood politically isolated during the first ten years of its existence. In 1997, it negotiated an electoral agreement with the Socialist Party & subsequently joined a coalition government. Five years after the beginning of the "Majorite plurielle" experiment, it appears that the Green Party has gained few tangible results from the alliance: in many fields there were no clear changes in French environmental policies. However, a survey conducted among members of the Green Party shows general satisfaction with the alliance with the Socialist Party. 5 Tables, 1 Figure, 17 References. Adapted from the source document.

France has long-established procedures for approved consumer organizations bringing actions to defend general consumer or investor interests, involving injunctive relief, but debate on the introduction of collective damages actions has yet to resolve into reform. Traditional principles oppose an opt-out approach.

This is the submitted version of the following article: DRAKE, H., 2014. France. European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, 51 (1), pp. 103 - 116. which has been published in final form at Wiley Online Library at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2047-8852.2012.00011.x

This study of the education system of France is part of the handbook "The education systems of Europe" which presents an analytical description of the education systems of all European countries, following common guidelines. The study begins with the historical and socio-cultural background of the French educational system which is followed by the description of the organizational and administrative context of the current education system. The next step is the functioning of the current education system, beginning with a structural overview and followed by an analysis of the different levels of the education system, including, as a separate chapter, post-secondary and tertiary education. The country study ends with an analysis of current problems and discussions, and opens perspectives for further development. A diagram illustrating the structural scheme of the French educational system is part of this article. (DIPF/Orig./Kie.).