France Denies Giving Up Permanent UN Security Council Seat Report
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France would consider exchanging the UN seat in exchange for support from other EU members for a European army, the report had said.
France denied a report in Britain's The Daily Telegraph on Wednesday that it would be prepared to give its permanent seat at the UN Security Council to the European Union.
Citing a member of the European parliament, the paper said that France would consider exchanging the seat in exchange for support from other EU members for a European army and reforms to the way the bloc formulates its foreign policy.
"We formally deny this. The seat is ours and will remain that way," a spokesperson for the French presidency said.
"We coordinate with the EU as much as possible and with complete sovereignty," the spokesperson added.
