Union for the Mediterranean

...euros (GBP250,000) - but was never used. The shower, in the Grand Palace in Paris, was for his sole use at a Union of the Mediterranean summit held during France's six-month EU presidency. But the leader preferred to wash in the Elysee...

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...and 'massage' jet settings. It was for Sarkozy's sole use at the Grand Palace in Paris during a three-day Summit for the Mediterranean Union last year while France held the rotating presidency of the EU. On the run: Nicolas Sarkozy...

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...by not overtly opposing Hosny's candidacy. The paper said President Nicolas Sarkozy was anxious to win the Egyptian government's support for his proposed European-Mediterranean union. Cairo political scientist Mustafa Kamal Sayed says...

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Love tops agenda as Sarkozy launches Mediterranean Union | World news | The Guardian · Olmert, Abbas and Assad among line-up at summit · Leaders agree on north African solar power plan President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday sought to shift...

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...significant resources are required." The partnership came about after French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008 pushed for a Mediterranean Union linking the EU to Israel and its Arab neighbors. That was watered down because of...

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...Assad and Olmert French President Nicolas Sarkozy invited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Israeli President Ehud Olmert yesterday to a July 13 meeting in Paris to officially kick-off the Mediterranean Union. French sources...

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...limits to its success. Sarkozy's directness won him praise in tortuous EU talks but it can border on reckless improvisation, as when he announced his plan for a Mediterranean Union without consulting Germany. The project was set up at a...

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...the French achieved much of what they aimed for. In July Mr Sarkozy launched a Union for the Mediterranean, bringing together leaders of 43 countries from the EU and the sea's rim. It now has a base (Barcelona) and a co-presidency...

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...for next year during the EU presidencies of two non-euro states. But France has another 18 months as co-chair of an EU-Mediterranean Union that Mr Sarkozy launched last July. His next plan, not yet announced, is a new "economic and security...

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