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Sat 12 Dec 2009French power and influence in EU criticised by McCreevy
IRELAND’S OUTGOING commissioner Charlie McCreevy has launched a caustic attack on President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and on the extent of French power and influence in the EU.
In a speech to the Association of European Journalists in Dublin yesterday, Mr McCreevy, who will shortly step down as internal market commissioner, said the French president’s recent “coming out” on EU matters had been instructive.
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