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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9592

1 February 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/france/germany
Divergences on Mediterranean Union remain - UMP and CDU want “privileged partnership” with Turkey

Brussels, 31/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - The president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy and the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, agreed on Wednesday 30 January to work “hand in hand” during the next presidency of the EU in the second half of 2008. Ms Merkel had been invited to the UMP convention in Paris by Mr Sarkozy, where she reiterated the importance Berlin continued to attach to the Franco-German driving force behind European integration. The Chancellor declared, “Dear Nicolas, on the...

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