Sentence examples for french clout from inspiring English sources

Explanations include a clash of commercial interests, as American economic might grew and French clout declined; changing views of common foreign threats; and the two countries' relative balance of power.

Running the eurozone through a council of national leaders would also enhance French clout as France would be backed by the zone's third and fourth economies, Italy and Spain, while Germany's allies would be smaller.

But French trade unionists' clout far exceeds their weight in numbers.

Newport Gwent Dragons defence coach Rob Appleyard has admitted Welsh regions are finding it hard to compete with the French clubs' financial clout.

The elections were fought in 12 new "super-regions" created last year to try to give French regional government similar clout to Germany's "Lander".

Tessa Jowell, the minister responsible for sport, has none of the clout of her French counterpart, Jean-François Jean-François Lamour medal winner for fencing.

It has rarely been a happy marriage, given the disparate interests of those involved and the greater financial clout wielded by English and French clubs compared to their Celtic and Italian counterparts.

Spanish fashion houses may not have the international clout of their Italian and French neighbors, but a handful of Madrid designers are making a name for themselves at home and abroad.

Brideshead and The French Lieutenant's Woman gave the actor the clout to get clear of the thin-lipped, elongated hauteur he communicated at the start.

Hervé Morin, the French defence minister, says Europe must have military clout, and not be "the civilian branch of NATO .NATO and the EU are, in many ways, two limbs of the same body.

Paris, however, maintained economic and political clout in the region by supporting large French businesses, which established lucrative ties with the region's rulers.