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29. Government of France, Livre Blanc: Défense et Sécurité
Nationale 2013, p. 73.
30. See French National Assembly Committee on National
Defense and Armed Forces, “Audition de l’admiral Bernard Rogel,
chef d’ état -major de la marine” (“Testimony of General Bernard
Rogel, Chief of Staff of the Navy”), July 18, 2012, available
from www.assemblee-nationale.fr/14/cr-cdef/11-12/c1112006.asp.
31. Government of France, Livre Blanc: Défense et Sécurité
Nationale 2013, p. 110.
32. Jean-Marc Tanguy, “Le Livre blanc lave plus blanc que
blanc” (“The White Paper Washes Whiter than White”), Le mamouth
blog, April 30, 2013, available from lemamouth.blogspot.
com/2013/04/le-livre-blanc-lave-plus-blanc-que-blanc.html; and
Jean-Dominique Merchet, “Marine: ce sera 8 Fremm au lieu de
11” (“Navy: That Will Be 8 FREMM Instead of 11”), Marianne,
April 30, 2013, available from www.marianne.net/blogsecretdefense/
Marine-ce-sera-8-Fremm-au-lieu-de-11_a1028.html.
33. The decision on whether to complete the FREMM program
or begin work on an alternative program will be made by
2016. See “Le remplacement des trois dernières FREMM par des
FTI n’est plus tabou” (“The Replacement of Three Last FREMM
by FTI Is No Longer a Taboo”), Mer et Marine, October 10, 2013,
available from www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/le-remplacementdes-trois-dernieres-fremm-par-des-fti-nest-plus-tabou.
34. “Projet de LPM: Un moindre mal” (“MPL Project: A Lesser
Evil”), Mer et Marine, August 5, 2013, available from www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/projet-de-lpm-un-moindre-mal.
35. Figures refer to 2012.
36. “Qui participe à l’opération Serval au Mali?” (“Who Is
Participating in the Operation Serval in Mali?”), Le Monde, January
29, 2013, available from www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2013/01/29/
qui-participe-a-l-operation-serval-au-mali_1824111_3212.html.
37. See French Senate, Rapport d’Information N°668, p. 42.
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