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Article: Jacques Chirac's Samson option; Charlemagne.(Europe, France and Iraq)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- February 22, 2003
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France's high-risk diplomacy is in danger of hurting France itself
THEY wouldn't do it, would they? They wouldn't be rash enough to push things to the limit and use their veto, gravely undermining an institution they cherish? The French have greatly enjoyed keeping the world guessing about their intentions in the United Nations Security Council. But the UN is not the only place where France is threatening to use a veto. At a European Union summit in Brussels on February 17th, Jacques Chirac, France's president, warned none too subtly that France might still block the enlargement of the EU to take in ten more countries, mainly from central Europe, which are due to ...
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