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About two years ago, Britain and France made a military cooperation, which would be considered an interdependency on each other. As this is fairly recent, it can't be described as positive or negative. However, the friendliness between the leaders could indicate a good future as opposed to the troubled past as enemies. Picture: President Sarkozy of France (Left) and Prime Minister Cameron of Great Britain (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9088569/Britain-and-France-speed-up-plans-for-joint-military-operations.html)

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While this doesn't connect with a specific country, France also has dependence on its tourism. In 1998, 7% of the country's profit from exports came from tourism. Without people from other country visiting, France would notice a negative impact. In 2011, it was listed a one of the top three places to travel. Picture: Eiffel Tower in Paris (http://www.virgin-vacations.com/europe-travel/france-tours-13dkalfr13.aspx)

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Since the planned closing of all of its nuclear plants, Germany has become dependent on France for nuclear energy. Germany started the closures in 2011 and is scheduled to finish by 2022. This may be a temporary dependence as they are seeking for a greener alternative. However, until such a source can be implemented, Germany will still need to import power. In one month, France earned an additional $86.6 million for Germany's increased need. Picture is a nuclear plant in France (http://www.english.rfi.fr/economy/20110531-german-decision-re-ignites-nuclear-debate-france)

Sang Ho Yun
7/31/2013 02:43:43 pm

I like how you divided paragraphs by relationship between France and other countries. I knew many people visit France for tour, but I did not know actually no tourist make that much impact on France, because France seems they are less dependent on tourism.

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7/31/2013 02:54:32 pm

It was interesting to see the impact that tourist have on this country. It seems as if they are dependent on other countries which I did not know about.

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