How has France Europeanised?

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To fully tackle this essay the term 'Europeanised' must be defined. Following this, the general French political system must be explained in a European context. These elements will (then) create a framework where some of the main domestic policies and policy-making decisions (that have been made in) France during the last two decades can be analysed.

Europeanization is defined as 'a set of processes through which the European Union political, social and economic dynamics become part of the policies'.1 The quantity of domestic Europeanization of policies can be viewed through the level of European integration of public authorities. This short essay will use the rise of the Secretariat General pour du Comite Iterministerial pour les Questions de Cooperation Economique europeeme (SGCI), to demonstrate how European thinking has imposed itself on domestic politics. I will analyse the fragmentation of French politics, with regard to both its acceptance and inherent scepticism, at a ministerial level. These reflections will develop into a scrutiny of the main policy-making. The Economist confirms this perception: 'The recent paradox of France is that France made Europe, but then Europe remade France'. It is not merely the British who are ostracised from European conventions, but the French