Avramenko V. The European dimension of France's foreign policy.

The thesis considers the coherent political research of conceptual and applied aspects of the France's European integration strategy as the key determinant of the current foreign policy of the state. The paper is based on generalization of conceptual and methodological approaches to the European policy of the French Republic in the postbipolar era; analysis of evolution of the French policy in regards to development of the European integration process from Fran?ois Mitterrand to Fran?ois Hollande; clarification of determinants of the current French European integration policy; clarification and motivation of the political position of France towards the EU security strategy. The paper contains the comparative analysis of the social and political factors of the European integration processes during the Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy and Fran?ois Hollande; it studies essential specifications of the EU security strategies according to the French society. It has been clarified that the current French policy is dependent on the further progress of European political processes, changes in the security structure in Europe, efficient cooperation of the European and national institutions. It has been established that it is the European vector of foreign policy of the French Republic as the key determinant of the country's international activity that stipulates a new vision of the role of France in modern architecture of the European continent.