Résumé
The former years were difficult for everyone, for the Franco-American relationship and for transatlantic relations in the broader sense. Iraq of course is the main source of these difficulties. I'm not going to go back over the circumstances surrounding the war in Iraq; the important thing is to look to the future. The stabilization of Iraq and Middle East is in everyone's interest: the Iraqis' of course, but it's also in the interest of relations between the West and the Muslim world. We all want Iraq to be sovereign, stable, democratic and prosperous. But aside from the problems over Iraq, many observers are worried about the weakening of the transatlantic link. Is there a real “continental drift” and, if there is, how to re-build better transatlantic relations?
Outline:
1. The state of the transatlantic relationship
2. A renewed transatlantic relationship