A French flavour for Europe - FRANCE 24

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A French flavour for Europe

From the European Parliament in Strasbourg where President Nicolas Sarkozy launches the French presidency of the European Union: what are the key foreign policy issues that the EU under French leadership can be expected to focus on?

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