ArlJim78
10-23-2009, 03:52 PM
from reuters (http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-43390720091023?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0), with Bush gone and our brilliant new saviour in the White House, we're really starting to see the dividends paying off.
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ANALYSIS - Disappointed Sarkozy shifts gaze from Washington
Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:52pm IST
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy, initially dubbed Sarko the American for his pro-U.S. stance, is finding it much tougher to deal with Washington than he had anticipated and is recalibrating his policies accordingly.
Stung by perceived snubs from U.S. President Barack Obama and encouraged by the growing importance of the G20, Sarkozy is increasingly reaching out to non-aligned states in an effort to extend France's international influence.
Sarkozy has clearly been thrown off course in his relations with America," said Didier Billion, a senior researcher at the Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS)."America remains of primordial importance to him, but things are more complicated than they were a few months ago," he said.
Following his election in 2007, Sarkozy swiftly established a close friendship with the-then U.S. president, George W. Bush, and buried the U.S.-French row over the 2003 invasion of Iraq....
"There is an annoyance about what the French see as naivety in the Obama administration," said Bruno Tertrais, a senior research fellow at the Foundation for Strategic Research.
Sarkozy's frustrations spilled into the open at the United Nations last month, when he appeared to chide Obama publicly.
The French government spokesman said on Wednesday that Sarkozy would propose "a new international monetary organisation which better reflects today's world" when France holds the presidency of the Group of 20 wealthy nations in 2011.
Roughly translated, this means France wants to challenge the supremacy of the dollar as the world's reserve currency.
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ANALYSIS - Disappointed Sarkozy shifts gaze from Washington
Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:52pm IST
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy, initially dubbed Sarko the American for his pro-U.S. stance, is finding it much tougher to deal with Washington than he had anticipated and is recalibrating his policies accordingly.
Stung by perceived snubs from U.S. President Barack Obama and encouraged by the growing importance of the G20, Sarkozy is increasingly reaching out to non-aligned states in an effort to extend France's international influence.
Sarkozy has clearly been thrown off course in his relations with America," said Didier Billion, a senior researcher at the Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS)."America remains of primordial importance to him, but things are more complicated than they were a few months ago," he said.
Following his election in 2007, Sarkozy swiftly established a close friendship with the-then U.S. president, George W. Bush, and buried the U.S.-French row over the 2003 invasion of Iraq....
"There is an annoyance about what the French see as naivety in the Obama administration," said Bruno Tertrais, a senior research fellow at the Foundation for Strategic Research.
Sarkozy's frustrations spilled into the open at the United Nations last month, when he appeared to chide Obama publicly.
The French government spokesman said on Wednesday that Sarkozy would propose "a new international monetary organisation which better reflects today's world" when France holds the presidency of the Group of 20 wealthy nations in 2011.
Roughly translated, this means France wants to challenge the supremacy of the dollar as the world's reserve currency.