Germany has other foreign-policy priorities besides France, such as improved relations with Poland and other central European countries.

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Besides if France and Germany are so hard up for support from Cameron then perhaps they should have considered his requests.

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Besides the Neuer Markt, stock exchanges in Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Ireland all have launched small-company markets.

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Besides a brief meeting with Germany's Chancellor Merkel and France's President Hollande there was not a great deal - beyond I'm told a supply of espressos, haribos, and fruit - to fill the small hours as Brussels negotiators put pressure on other countries to accept a squeeze.

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Besides, the 75% tax rate might never be implemented: France's highest court may rule it unconstitutional later this year.

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Besides Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, the leaders of, among others, France, Australia and India attended.

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Their nuclear plans, in particular, besides infuriating Germany's power generators, are just as unpopular with France and Britain, whose companies stand to forfeit valuable German contracts.

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Besides the five veto-wielding nations on the Security Council (America, Britain, France, Russia and China), there are ten non-permanent members, which serve on a rotating basis.

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