La phrase du jour 05/03/08 - Angela Merkel
"it should be a project of all 27 [European Union] member countries."
"Ce sera un projet de l'ensemble des 27 membres [de l'Union Européenne]."
Angela Merkel sur le projet d'union méditerranéenne de Nicolas Sarkozy
Merkel and Sarkozy Find 'Club Med' Compromise
Spiegel 04/03/03"...German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced jointly on Monday that they had reached a compromise regarding Sarkozy's proposed Mediterranean Union...
..."You will see that we have found a compromise on this Mediterranean Union which will not exclude anyone," Sarkozy said...
... German Chancellor Angela Merkel added that the ensuing outcome should be called the "Mediterranean Union" and that it "should be a project of all 27 (European Union) member countries." Merkel was referring to her position that any deal to create a union with the Mediterranean states that border the European Union should be negotiated and drafted in conjunction with all EU member states -- not just those that border the sea, as Sarkozy had initially proposed..."
