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French Public Administration and the European Agenda -Round Table The Single Act has clearly accelerated administrative reform. Although its interministerial coordination System seems to be efficient, french administration needs to improve its skills in negotiation and lobbying. Those concerned hâve emphasized the continuing expansion of the scope of EC affairs, as well as the overlap between administration and politics. Several conclusions can be drawn : inadaptation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs structures, the need to develop civil servant exchanges, general éducation in the context of, and the issues involved in EC negotiations, insufficient knowledge of languages, and the necessity to improve our bottom up action on Commission proposais and top-down in their implémentation.