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| A view on the French capital from a European perspective ... |
Thursday, June 26, 2008 --- 55 days ago http://paris.cafebabel.com/en/post/2008/06/25/Nicolas-Sarkozy-and-Angela-Merkel-
| The tense relationship between Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel seems to have relaxed somewhat following the compromise over the «Mediterannean Union». Nevertheless the two leaders continue to give the impression of indulging in battle and seem incapable of reviving the Franco-German axis. Too gaulish a vision of the mare nostrum Incompatibilities of temperament are not the only culprits in this matter and they do not quite mask the fundamental differences which exist, most notably on the topic of the Mediterranean Union project, launched to the blare of trumpets under the initiative of the sovereignist Henri Guaino, special councillor to the French President, which the Germans consider a geopolitical prank. If they share the diagnosis that the Barcelona process was a failure (launched in 1995 to provide a framework for the relationship between the European Community and Mediterranean countries), they refuse to validate the proposition of a Union which would replace it and be reserved exclusively for countries bordering the Mediterranean. Here they detect the risk of a division in the EU and a strategy for bypassing it as this new structure, while giving France a driving rôle, would also exclude Germany and all the countries of Northern Europe by de facto. However, it is important to understand that the reunified Germany, in an expanded Europe, has, in a certain way, refound power and experienced a strategic rebalancing which is ... |
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