{"id":199507,"date":"2025-05-09T13:16:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T11:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=199507"},"modified":"2025-05-09T14:57:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T12:57:20","slug":"france-diplomatic-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/france-diplomatic-network","title":{"rendered":"Diplomacy: France's trump card according to the Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/globaldiplomacyindex.lowyinstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index<\/strong> <\/a>takes stock of each country's international representation around the world. This is all the more important in a multi-polar world where the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/inde-pakistan-trafic-aerien-20250507.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">conflicts and tensions<\/a>. This is what the Lowy Institute points out in the introduction to its index.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Launched in 2016, the index is more important than ever in a \"more contested world\". The latest version, published in 2024, shows the diplomatic networks of 66 countries and territories around the world. A useful tool for <strong>business travellers<\/strong>They will be able to rely on their country's official institutions abroad where appropriate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/henley-passport-index-france-20240125.html\/\" data-id=\"166969\">France tops the league for all-purpose passports<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-forte-expansion-de-la-turquie-au-detriment-de-la-france\">Strong expansion by Turkey to the detriment of France<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The countries with the largest diplomatic representations include China<\/strong> <strong>(274 representations), the United States (271) and Turkey (252).<\/strong>. These figures include the embassy network as well as missions, representations to international organisations and consulates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>France has dropped two places in the rankings between 2023 and 2024, with 249 diplomatic representations.<\/strong>ranking just behind<strong> Japan<\/strong> (251 representations). France lost two diplomatic representations, while Turkey gained two new diplomatic representations. For budgetary reasons, France has rationalised its consular network, downgrading some posts to the rank of \"consular agency\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nonetheless, <strong>France remains by far the country with the highest diplomatic representation in the European Union and Western Europe<\/strong>. The United Kingdom has 225 diplomatic representations, Germany 217, Italy 206 and Spain 190.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among other French-speaking European countries <strong>Switzerland<\/strong> tops the list with 141 performances and <strong>Belgium<\/strong> with 113 embassies and diplomatic missions. Visit <strong>Luxembourg<\/strong> demonstrated its dynamism in 2024 with 6 new representations and a total of 46 embassies and consulates!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the rest of the world, <strong>two countries<\/strong> <strong>only maintain more than 200 embassies<\/strong> the <strong>Russia<\/strong> and the <strong>Brazil<\/strong>. La <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/guerre-russie-ukraine-impact-20230224.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">war with Ukraine<\/a> will have decimated part of the Russian embassy network. According to the index, the Russian Federation has closed 14 diplomatic representations since 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-paris-seconde-ville-au-monde-pour-ses-representations-diplomatiques\">Paris, second city in the world for diplomatic representations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Europe also has the highest number of diplomatic missions per city. <strong>The Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index mentions that four of the five most popular diplomatic capitals in the world are on the European continent<\/strong>. Not least because they are home to major international institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/quartier-europeen-avenir-harmonieux-20191001.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brussels<\/a> tops the list with 124 foreign missions<\/strong>It is also the headquarters of the European Union and NATO. <strong>With 118 positions, Paris ranks second<\/strong>. The city is home to the OECD, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNESCO, among others. Unsurprisingly, the city with the third highest number of diplomatic representations in Europe is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/geneve-luxe-calme-et-efficacite-20160107.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Geneva <\/a>with 99 positions<\/strong>. The largest city in French-speaking Switzerland is home to the headquarters of the WTO (World Trade Organisation) and numerous specialised UN agencies. A privilege it shares with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/icca-classement-vienne-paris-20220616.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vienna<\/a><\/strong>Thanks to the presence of numerous institutions affiliated to the UN and OPEC, the country boasts 98 diplomatic posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside Europe, <strong>New York has more diplomatic representations than Washington<\/strong> 116 against 74! A figure linked to the presence of the United Nations in the metropolis of the United States. Visit <strong>Asia<\/strong>is<strong> Jakarta<\/strong> which has the largest number of representations (75), far ahead of Tokyo (63) and Beijing (62). This figure is explained by the presence of the General Secretariat of ASEAN, the association of South-East Asian countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-highlight-box\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-l-administration-trump-souhaite-tailler-dans-les-representations-diplomatiques-des-etats-unis\">The Trump administration wants to slash US diplomatic missions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing has yet been definitively decided. But the administration's vision <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/etats-unis-voyages-trump-20250407.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump <\/a><\/strong>towards the rest of the world should result in a reduction in the American presence on the planet. In mid-April, CNN and the New York Times revealed that they had access to an internal document from the State Department for Foreign Affairs, which recommends <strong>reduce the United States' diplomatic presence around the world<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the two US media outlets, the Trump administration is planning to close nearly 30 embassies and consulates abroad. Africa would lose embassies in Lesotho, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan. Europe would not be spared with the potential disappearance of US embassies in Luxembourg and Malta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, France is particularly targeted as far as consulates are concerned. The United States would like to close 5 consulates: Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Rennes and Strasbourg. But the consulates in D\u00fcsseldorf, Edinburgh and Florence elsewhere in Europe are also being targeted. For the moment, the State Department has not confirmed any of these possible closures. But until when?<\/p>\n<\/aside>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index, France is by far the leading EU country in terms of diplomatic representation worldwide. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":137413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[121,1019,2461],"type-darticle":[52],"n_magazine":[],"class_list":["post-199507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-villes-d-affaires","tag-etats-unis","tag-france","tag-trump","type-darticle-breve","vapo-free"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>La France, troisi\u00e8me r\u00e9seau diplomatique mondial<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"La France poss\u00e8de l&#039;un des plus forts r\u00e9seaux diplomatiques au monde - et m\u00eame le premier en Europe. 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