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This is a list of the member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.These governments belong to an international organisation representing countries and regions where French is the first ("mother") or customary language, where a significant proportion of the population are francophones (French speakers) or where there is a notable affiliation with French culture.
Location: The Low Countries. Belgian rebels France United Netherlands: Franco-Belgian victory Most European powers' recognition of Belgium's independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands; June Rebellion (1832) Location: Paris, France July Monarchy: Republicans Orléanist victory, rebellion crushed First Carlist War (1833–1840) Location ...
The Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF; sometimes shortened to La Francophonie, French: La Francophonie [la fʁɑ̃kɔfɔni], [4] [note 3] sometimes also called International Organisation of La Francophonie in English [5]) is an international organization representing where there is a notable affiliation with French language and culture.
The term francophonie was invented by Onésime Reclus in 1880: "We also put aside four large countries, Senegal, Gabon, Cochinchina and Cambodia, whose future from a "Francophone" point of view is still very doubtful, except perhaps for Senegal" (in French « Nous mettons aussi de côté quatre grands pays, le Sénégal, le Gabon, la Cochinchine, le Cambodge dont l’avenir au point de vue ...
French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 50 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1] The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where French is an official or de facto language.
Pages in category "Member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Following the accession to independence of its African colonies beginning in 1959, [10] France continued to maintain a sphere of influence over the new countries, which was critical to then President Charles de Gaulle's vision of France as a global power (or grandeur in French) and as a bulwark to British and American influence in a post ...
Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO. French Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relation with Slovakia Slovenia: France has an embassy in Ljubljana. [247] Slovenia has an embassy in Paris. Since 1999, Slovenia is an observer on the Francophonie. Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO.