Sentence examples for french assertion from inspiring English sources

She rejected the French assertion that that the U.S. and the UK are "starting a (public) debate that is not there" by publicly addressing issues of nuclear disarmament.

In 1933 Chinese mapmakers, angered by the French assertion of sovereignty further to the south in the Spratly islands, extended the claim right down to the James shoal, which they apparently thought was above water but is in fact a submerged feature near Borneo.In 1936, the U-shaped line appeared.

But he rejected French assertions that Mr. Strauss-Kahn had been unfairly singled out.

Foreign officials and militant groups say that France has often paid ransom in exchange for the release of hostages, despite French assertions to the contrary.

Meanwhile, one Romanian producer that processes horse meat, Carmolimp, called the French assertions against Romanian producers "shameful" and an "unprecedented attack" without merit.

"The residence of the head of state is not a heavy weapon," he told French television, referring to French assertions that the attacks were directed at heavy artillery and armored vehicles stationed at Mr. Gbagbo's residence and offices.

Guillaume Soro, the group's secretary general, questioned French assertions that 30 rebels had been killed and 9 French soldiers had been wounded in the attack, saying that 6 French soldiers and 12 rebels had been killed.

Often called "the best of enemies," the French and the British have a long history of arguments stemming from British irritation at French assertions of Gallic superiority and French suspicions of British insularity.

Often called "the best of enemies," the French and the British have a long history of arguments trading on British pique at French assertions of Gallic supremacy and French suspicions of the British as isolated and arrogant.

Schneckenburger wrote "The Watch on the Rhine" in a specific patriotic response to French assertions that the Rhine was France's "natural" eastern boundary.

Updated at 1.24am BST 12.36am BST Peter Spiegel, Brussels bureau chief of the Financial Times, notes on Twitter that the Germans are not disputing French officials' assertion that the new European Central Bank supervision will start in January and be phased in over a year.