Franco-German deal on European council president causes anger
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Clifford Armion
le 19/11/2009
Ian Traynor
Germany and France are to strike a deal on who they want for the coveted post of first permanent European council president, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced today, sparking anger in other European capitals over a feared Franco-German stitch-up. With 27 EU leaders going into a special summit tomorrow increasingly at odds over the twin posts of European Council president and EU foreign minister, Merkel stated for the first time that she and the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, intended to agree on a common candidate, believed to be Herman Van Rompuy, the Belgian prime minister. Read on...Pour citer cette ressource :
Franco-German deal on European council president causes anger, La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), novembre 2009. Consulté le 09/11/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/franco-german-deal-on-european-council-president-causes-anger