法国位于欧洲西部,一直是在政治、经济、军事、科技以及文化等诸多领域对世界拥有巨大影响力的世界强国。法国是欧洲联盟和北约创始会员国,八国集团和《申根公约》成员国,其国民拥有很高的生活质量,是全球最富裕、经济最发达的国家之一。法国的国内生产总值居世界前列,是仅次于美国的世界 Located in the western part of Europe, France has always been a world power with great influence on the world in many fields such as politics, economy, military, science and technology as well as culture. As a founding member of the European Union and the NATO, the Group of Eight and member states of the Schengen Convention, France has a very high quality of life and is one of the richest and most economically developed countries in the world. France ranks first in the world in terms of gross domestic product and second only to the United States