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...ways to engage with the Muslim world - the E.U. believes it has contributions to make on all these fronts. But after years of schism caused by the war in Iraq, should Europe redouble its efforts to work with the second Bush Administration - or go it alone? French President Jacques Chirac made one of the most ardent postelection declarations of European independence. "Now more than ever, [Europe] has the need, the necessity, to strengthen its dynamism and unity when faced with this great world power," he said on Nov. 5. Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero told...
...Palestinian leader flew to Paris last Friday after falling gravely ill with an as-yet-unidentified ailment. French President Jacques Chirac visited Arafat in a hospital outside the nation’s capital yesterday afternoon and confirmed that the Palestinian leader was still alive...
...twist over the threat posed by the rampant spread of English. Opposition flared last month over a new proposal to make English instruction compulsory in French schools. Guardians of the language issued a manifesto calling on the E.U. to make French its official judicial language. Even President Jacques Chirac has joined in. "Nothing would be worse for humanity than to move toward a situation where we speak only one language," he warned last month during a visit to Vietnam, a country where nearly 1 million people speak French as a result of 70 years of colonial rule. Are the French...
...growth pact, there are no limits to French and German creativity. With both countries at risk of breaching the pact's rules - demanding euro zone countries' budget deficits remain below 3% of GDP - for the fourth straight year, Paris and Berlin last week called for change. French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder labeled the European Commission's reform proposals - taking greater account of a country's economic situation - as "not sufficient." Instead, the duo called for states to be able to exclude from budget deficit calculations some R. and D. spending and contributions...
...Administration that has so many failures is mind boggling. The future is clear: the Administration will continue barreling along, arrogantly pushing its failed special-interest agenda, while the sheep (the American public) are herded off the cliff. Lorraine Huzar Jericho, New York, U.S. Does Kerry really think Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schröder would be so enchanted with him that they would immediately embrace the U.S. and send their troops to Iraq? Kerry is either incredibly naive or misleading his constituency. Charles G. Kormendy Frankfurt The upcoming U.S. presidential election is a matter of interest to the world outside...