Sarkozy has stopped backing EU presidency for Blair: report
indiaenews.com     May 7, 2008            

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has withdrawn his backing for former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to become the first president of the European Union (EU) under the reform treaty, the BBC reported Wednesday. ... The French president was understood to have changed... [read full story]                

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