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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9560

8 December 2007
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/mediterranean
Angela Merkel clearly against Mediterranean Union but Nicolas Sarkozy seeking to reassure her

Brussels, 07/12/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 6 December during a colloquy, German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, expressed a distinctly hostile position on the French Mediterranean Union project. During a speech focusing on Germany's capacity for action in Europe, Merkel affirmed, “I am very sceptical, I say this categorically”. She said that the proposed contained long term risks of the core of the European Union disintegrating and “creating forces of tension in the EU…which I...

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