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Berlin and Paris on same wavelength when it comes to “Union for the Mediterranean”

Brussels, 04/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have reached a “compromise” on the Mediterranean Union, now called “Union for the Mediterranean”. The compromise will be formally put forward for adoption by the other member states at the European Council next week in Brussels (13-14 March). “We have reached a compromise on this Union for the Mediterranean that we both want and which will exclude no-one”, Mr Sarkozy said,...