In this interview excerpt, Gabriel Robin, technical adviser at the Secretariat General of the Presidency of the French Republic from 1973 to 1979 and Director of Political Affairs at the Foreign Ministry from 1979 to 1981, discusses Franco-German relations in the light of the Euromissile Crisis and the outcome of the four-nation summit (United States, France, Federal Republic of Germany, United Kingdom) held in Guadeloupe in January 1979.

In this interview excerpt, Gabriel Robin, French Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council in Brussels from 1987 to 1992, describes Valéry Giscard d’Estaing’s position on France’s presence in some NATO bodies.

In this interview excerpt, Gabriel Robin, French Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council in Brussels from 1987 to 1992, describes the establishment of the Franco-German Defence and Security Council and the signing of an agreement on the formation of a joint Franco-German Army Brigade, in January 1988.

In this interview excerpt, Gabriel Robin, French Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council in Brussels from 1987 to 1992, describes how the establishment of the Eurocorps in 1992 constituted an important stage on the road to a European security and defence policy (ESDP).

In this interview excerpt, Gabriel Robin, Director of Political Affairs at the French Foreign Ministry from 1979 to 1981 before taking special leave from the Foreign Ministry in 1982, discusses the book that he published at that time on the foreign and European policy of French President François Mitterrand.

In this interview excerpt, Gabriel Robin, French Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council in Brussels from 1987 to 1992, recalls how NATO reacted to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the political events that occurred in the former Soviet bloc in 1989 and 1990.

In this interview excerpt, Gabriel Robin, French Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council in Brussels from 1987 to 1992, comments on the decision taken in 2009 by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to reintroduce France into NATO’s integrated military command.