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La Commission a des représentations dans les capitales des 27 États membres de l'UE, ainsi que des bureaux régionaux à Barcelone, Bonn, Marseille, Milan, Munich et Wroclaw. Ils travaillent en étroite collaboration avec les bureaux de liaison du Parlement européen (EPLO) dans les États membres.

France is a founding member of the European Union and one of the first countries to adopt the euro on 1 January 1999.

France is a unitary State organised on a decentralised basis under the 1958 Constitution. France used to be a highly centralised country, with two tiers of local government (collectivités territoriales): the Departments (départements) and the Municipalities (communes). Regions (régions) came into existence in 1972 by means of law.

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