In a sign of increasing frustration with Syria's violations of a cease-fire agreement, France will push to have 300 United Nations cease-fire observers in Syria within two weeks instead of several months, Foreign Minister Alain Juppé said Wednesday. He said France would also try to gain support for a ''Chapter 7'' resolution at the United Nations...
PARIS -- International sanctions aimed at the Syrian government have cut its financial reserves in half, and pressure must be maintained on Damascus to stop its bloody crackdown on opponents despite a shaky five-day cease-fire, the French foreign minister, Alain Juppé, said on Tuesday. The financial pressure, including an oil embargo and sanctions...
France's troops will not be hastily withdrawn from Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Alain Juppé, left, told Parliament on Tuesday, adding that talk of a retreat by the end of 2012 was not ''well thought out and examined.'' Last week, François Hollande, the Socialist who is running for president, pledged to bring France's roughly 4,000 troops home...
Alain Marie Juppé (født: 15. august 1945 i Mont-de-Marsan). Fransk, borgerlig politiker. Premierminister 1995-1997. Udenrigsminister 1993-1995 i regeringen Édouard Balladur.
Alain Juppé er uddannet fra bl.a. Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (1968) og École Nationale d'Administration (1970-1972).
I 2004 blev Juppé dømt i en sag om misbrug af offentlige midler, mens han var formand for gaullistpartiet RPR (det senere UMP). I denne forbindelse trak Juppé sig fra borgmesterposten i Bordeaux.
18. maj 2007 tiltrådte han som minister for bæredygtig udvikling i François Fillons nye regering. Han trådte tilbage igen allerede 17. juni 2007 efter ved valget til Nationalforsamlingen at have tabt sit mandat til socialisten Michèle Delaunay.