{"id":68928,"date":"2007-06-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2007\/06\/23\/vu-par-le-times-sarko-a-la-manuvre\/"},"modified":"2007-06-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-23T00:00:00","slug":"vu-par-le-times-sarko-a-la-manuvre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2007\/06\/23\/vu-par-le-times-sarko-a-la-manuvre\/","title":{"rendered":"Vu par le Times<\/em>, Sarko \u00e0 la man\u0153uvre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Le sommet de l’UE \u00e0 Bruxelles a \u00e9t\u00e9 d’un grand int\u00e9r\u00eat pour le grand cas qu’il a fait de la manuvre diplomatique, de l’efficacit\u00e9 plus ou moins grande des uns et des autres, des pressions tactiques consid\u00e9rables qu’il a permises. Un texte du Times<\/em>, que nous relayons<\/a> par ailleurs, montre pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment, \u00e0 partir de documents obtenus par le quotidien, les manuvres de Sarkozy pour imposer la suppression d’une mention sur la libre comp\u00e9tition \u00e0 l’int\u00e9rieur du march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en. Dans un premier temps, la manuvre a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9vent\u00e9e …<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00abMinutes from Tuesday’s meeting seen by The Times show that, near the mid-point of the discussions, the Hungarians drew attention to the redrafted statement. It included commitment to the internal market but omitted the phrase where competition is free and undistorted.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbThe Hungarian questioned whether this would affect EU competition policy a huge area of European Commission activity combating cartels and illegal state aid that could distort fair trade.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbImmediately the Spanish representative observed that it seemed to change one of the principles of the EU and called for it to be looked at further.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t Mais, finalement, la suppression de l’expression where competition is free and undistorted<\/em> a \u00e9t\u00e9 maintenue. Sarkozy s’est battu pour cela et, dans un sommet d\u00e9chir\u00e9 par ailleurs par d’autres probl\u00e8mes plus pressants et plus spectaculaires (l’opposition de la Pologne, la faiblesse britannique, le d\u00e9sir allemand de conclure), il l’a emport\u00e9.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tIl est ainsi apparu sous un jour int\u00e9ressant qui devrait le caract\u00e9riser : un homme d’action, habile, appuy\u00e9 sur des principes de protection des int\u00e9r\u00eats fran\u00e7ais qui sont g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement appr\u00e9ci\u00e9s \u00e0 partir d’une position nationale affirm\u00e9e. Le Times<\/em> le voit ainsi, dans tous les cas, et trace de lui, \u00e0 partir de l’incident, un portrait significatif. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbThe episode is revealing about the summit debutant Mr Sarkozy and his economic doctrine, Sarkonomics. Compared with previous French presidents, he is a business-friendly reformer. But he has never hidden his traditional French belief that trade is too serious to be left to mere markets or the European Union.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbMr Sarkozy won the election in May with promises to shield France from what the country sees as the hostile force of globalised trade. Like Britain, he also needs the treaty to be sufficiently different from the failed constitution to avoid holding a referendum.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbFor more than a decade, supposedly unfair competition from low-cost nations inside and beyond Europe has been blamed as the underlying cause of France’s domestic ills.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbThe first line of defence must be the European Union, but Mr Sarkozy insists that it is failing. He earned credit in the campaign with his argument that the union is acting like an innocent among predators when it aspires to scrap all internal and external barriers to trade. He has ensured the ire of Brussels and Britain with his demand that the EU must impose tariffs on unfair imports.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbMr Sarkozy’s chief villains are the United States and the emerging world giants led by China. He has waged a campaign against the EU Commission and Peter Mandelson, its British trade chief, for feebleness in the face of US pressure on farm subsidies and protection of its entertainment industry. He accuses China of forcing down its currency to flood Europe with its goods while the European Central Bank turns a blind eye to the overvalued euro. Never one to beat about the bush, Mr Sarkozy has repeatedly called for Mr Mandelson to be stripped of the job of negotiating trade for Europe.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\tMis en ligne le 23 juin 2007 \u00e0 05H49<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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