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23rd May 2013 Paris, France

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by Peter Ricketts

Ambassador to France from February 2012 to January 2016.

The Prime Minister’s first visit to the Elysée

Prime Minister David Cameron and President François Hollande in the Elysée, 22 May 2013. Credits: Présidence de la République

We’ve just had David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, in Paris for his first visit here to President Hollande since his election. They travelled down together from the European Council in the same train, and they were able to have a bilateral meeting as they were travelling.

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7th March 2011

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by Leigh Turner

Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna

How to make energy more transparent

“Transparency” is a big buzzword whenever people talk about improving the business climate in Ukraine.  Everyone agrees that if we can increase transparency in the way economy is run, with a level playing field for all and transparent arrangements for eg tax payments, the business climate will improve.  That in turn will boost Foreign Direct […]

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