26 and 28 December – Storms Lothar and Martin cause heavy damage with winds reaching 180km/h. The total damage includes more than 90 dead, 6 billion euros paid by the insurers and 10,000km2 of forest devastated.
2 September – Publication of Jean-Marie Guéhenno's "L'avenir de la liberté – La démocratie dans la mondialisation", which examines the problems arising from confrontation between the democracy and globalisation
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