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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

European defence remains a French priority, says Sarkozy

Mr Sarkozy said he wants to make defence and security policy an example of a ''concrete Europe''French president Nicolas Sarkozy has reaffirmed his intention to make European defence a major theme during his country's six-month stint at running the European Union, beginning in less that two week's time.

In a key address before French military brass on Tuesday (17 June), Mr Sarkozy said "building European defence is our priority" and that "whatever the future of the Treaty of Lisbon" he would not change his mind.

Last week Irish voters rejected the Lisbon Treaty, a new set of institutional rules for the bloc that makes some significant changes in the defence area.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete19/6/08 06:47

    Hi Kobus

    You've been tagged :) http://spyingbadthings.blogspot.com/2008/06/meme-of-seven-chain-autobiog-bug.html

    Regards

    Pete

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