The Franco-German misunderstanding. It was mainly down to Angela Merkel that the Mediterranean Union received a correction (EUROPE 9560). France renounced the bizarre idea whereby a certain number of EU member states would make up a “Union” with a group of third countries. It has now been agreed that all member states will be able to participate in initiatives in this arena. There is still, however, a misunderstanding. According to last week's presentation by Nicolas Sarkozy to the...