France has taken over the European Union presidency from Slovenia for the next six months.
Before the formal transfer French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, called for profound changes in the development of Europe. He defined the priorities of France's EU leadership as immigration, defence, energy and the environment, and agriculture. Sarkozy takes over the presidency as the Union battles to save the Lisbon Treaty, which replaced the draft EU constitution which French and Dutch voters rejected in France takes over EU presidency ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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