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Bernard de Montferrand, Former French Ambassador to Germany

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Bernard de Montferrand, Former French Ambassador to Germany, discusses the "twin engines" of the eurozone. Are France and Germany speaking with one voice? For all their show of unity, are Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel really on the same page when it comes to solving the debt crisis?

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