Dominique de Villepin

French politician and diplomat; 95th Prime Minister of France

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In this temple of the United Nations, we are the guardians of an ideal, the guardians of a conscience,
  • France’s foreign minister, Dominique de Villepin, perorated before the invasion, calling on Washington “to give priority to peaceful disarmament” of Iraq
    Foreign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/02…
By focusing all our attacks on the LFI, we are creating a corridor of respectability for the RN,
  • lamented the former prime minister and possible 2027 presidential candidate Dominique de Villepin, a conservative in the past but now shifting to the left
    BBCbbc.com/news/articles…
The world is under a spell,
  • said former prime minister Dominique de Villepin, while advisers to the current French president, Emmanuel Macron, note
    Le Mondelemonde.fr/en/opinion…
And of course if Donald Trump goes forward, the status of the US will go from adversary or rival to the one of enemy,
In no case should Europe accept any damage to European sovereignty,
We are in the process of denying our own historical identity,
  • said De Villepin, who represented President Jacques Chirac when speaking before the United Nations Security Council against the US intervention in Iraq in 2003.
    Le Mondelemonde.fr/en/politics…

Earlier

French PM holds summit to counter foreign interference in elections

France 24france24.com/en/video…

As G7 leaders prepare to gather in France, former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin speaks to Christiane Amanpour about the widening conflict with Iran, rising global energy prices, the future of Ukraine, and what Europe hopes to achieve amid mounting geopolitical crises

CNNcnn.com/2026/06…

Offer to join Trump’s new era is met with growing sense of European steeliness

Guardiantheguardian.com/world/2026…

With each decision and excess — be it tariff threats, ambitions toward Greenland or the brutal enforcement of his anti-immigration policy — Donald Trump has flooded the political and media landscape, even in France, where domestic issues suddenly seem trivial

Le Mondelemonde.fr/en/opinion…