Merkel Opposes Sarkozy’s Mediterranean Plans
From the desk of The Brussels Journal on Thu, 2007-12-06 18:13
A quote from Der Spiegel, 6 December 2007
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/2746German Chancellor Angela Merkel has come out strongly against
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's vision of a Mediterranean Union. […] The German chancellor used unusually harsh language to warn the French president against splitting the very core of the European Union with his vision of a Paris-led alternative union – one from which Germany would be excluded.
TRAITOR SARKOZYMerkel said she was highly skeptical of Sarkozy's plans and insisted that any cooperation with the EU's neighbors must include all EU member states. Otherwise, she warned, Germany could, for example, form an Eastern European Union with Ukraine and other countries. […] "One thing has to be clear," she said. "Northern Europeans also share responsibility for the Mediterranean, just as the the future of the borders with Russia and Ukraine is an issue that concerns those living on the Mediterranean."
On Wednesday, the French president announced that he wanted France and Algeria, a former French colony, to form the axis of a future Mediterranean Union stretching from Morocco to Turkey and including just seven EU states. […]
Sarkozy had already proposed his vision, which the French press has dubbed "Club Med," during the presidential election campaign earlier this year. And his enthusiasm for the idea seems far from diminished. However, the European Commission is unimpressed with Sarkozy's Mediterranean shennanigans, fearing they could undermine the 12-year Barcelona process aimed at promoting dialogue between the EU and 10 neighboring [Mediterranean] countries.
There are also suspicions in Brussels that the French president's true motive is to prevent Turkey from pursuing its bid to join the EU.
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