Summit finished - WHAT A JOKE !! WHAT A PILE OF B.S !!! - So, Sarkozy is off to Paris, turning his attention no doubt to other worries, like fighting an election. The big thing to come from his statement is that a deal on new balanced budget rules has been signed. By everyone except the UK and the Czech Republic, that is. So it's a treaty of 25... Sarkozy added that it would be unreasonable to put Greece in "wardenship", where all of its budget decisions must be given the OK by Germany and/or France. He's been asked if the treaty will be ratified in France before the election. He points out that during an election the Parliament doesn't sit, so it could be tricky. Sarkozy hopes for a deal on Greek debt, which he describes as a "thorn in our side", within days - but points out that it wasn't the aim of this meeting. We've gone to questions already. He sounds like a teacher, criticising the press pack because the same journalists always put their hands up first. First up is a question about why the Czech Republic felt it couldn't sign the treaty: The Czech PM told us that for constitutional reasons he did not feel he could accede to that future treaty. I'm not sufficiently familiar with the ins and outs of what's going on in Prague to understand why what was acceptable in December is not acceptable now. It will be a treaty among 25.
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Monday, January 30, 2012
The Summit = "the hot air baloon"
Summit finished - WHAT A JOKE !! WHAT A PILE OF B.S !!! - So, Sarkozy is off to Paris, turning his attention no doubt to other worries, like fighting an election. The big thing to come from his statement is that a deal on new balanced budget rules has been signed. By everyone except the UK and the Czech Republic, that is. So it's a treaty of 25... Sarkozy added that it would be unreasonable to put Greece in "wardenship", where all of its budget decisions must be given the OK by Germany and/or France. He's been asked if the treaty will be ratified in France before the election. He points out that during an election the Parliament doesn't sit, so it could be tricky. Sarkozy hopes for a deal on Greek debt, which he describes as a "thorn in our side", within days - but points out that it wasn't the aim of this meeting. We've gone to questions already. He sounds like a teacher, criticising the press pack because the same journalists always put their hands up first. First up is a question about why the Czech Republic felt it couldn't sign the treaty: The Czech PM told us that for constitutional reasons he did not feel he could accede to that future treaty. I'm not sufficiently familiar with the ins and outs of what's going on in Prague to understand why what was acceptable in December is not acceptable now. It will be a treaty among 25.
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