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| 1999, Jan. 1 |
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| France adopted the euro as its currency. The successful test of the euro also involved the participation of ten other countries: Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. | 1 |
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| May 25 |
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| The Jospin government narrowly survived a censure motion against French governmental policy on separatist violence in Corsica. | 2 |
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| June 21 |
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| France sent 7,000 troops as part of the NATO effort to contain violence and ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, Yugoslavia. These soldiers served as part of NATO's Kosovo security force (KFOR) to occupy the region over an extended period. | 3 |
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| Nov. 22–Dec. 8 |
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| An economic dispute arose with Britain when France, leery of contaminated beef that might possibly be infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, refused to import British meat, even though the EU had lifted its three-year ban on British beef in July 1999. | 4 |
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| Dec. 13–23 |
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| Negotiations began with Corsican representatives concerning the ongoing separatist uprisings in the island territory. Talks ended with an unconditional cease-fire being declared by spokesmen for the militant National Front for the Liberation of Corsica (FLNC). | 5 |
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