La France dans un monde multipolaire

France in a Multipolar World, by Jacques Chirac The end of the century is characterized not only by irréversible globalization of human activities and constant accélération of scientific and technological progress, but also by incipient global management of interdependencies. The international System in the 21st century must be better organized, notably by progressing towards a multipolar world consisting of several régional pôles — in particular the European Union, which must act as a major pôle of global equilibrium. It is also necessary to reinforce the international institutions by giving an expanded Security Council an increased rôle. Progress must also be made in stepping up the campaign against prolifération, stabilization of the international financial System, the rules of world trade and global environ-mental protection. Finally, the 21st century must be the century of ethics centred on two main thèmes : combating exclusion and affirming a universal ethic, more specifically, preserving cultural and linguistic diversity.Chirac. La France dans un monde multipolaire. In: Politique étrangère, n°4 - 1999 - 64ᵉannée. pp. 803-812