The rhetoric between Paris and Brussels has taken a turn for the worse as both sides defend their view on what shape the bloc's economic policy should take.
On Tuesday (4 October) French president Jacques Chirac stunned the commission by launching a scathing attack on the institution accusing it of being "disinterested" for not stepping in to protect France from Hewlett Packard's decision to axe over 1,200 jobs in the country.
"Is it normal for the commission to be disinterested i...
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