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French president Nicolas Sarkozy is pleased with the distribution of EU jobs (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

Sarkozy claims big win in EU jobs

French president Nicolas Sarkozy has let it be known he believes Paris outmanoeuvred London in the negotiations on EU jobs in recent weeks, with the appointment of a Frenchman to take charge of the internal market in the face of strong British opposition seen as the biggest political coup.

In unusually blunt comments, likely to fuel the simmering feud between France and Britain over the merits of Anglo-Saxon capitalism, Le Monde over the weekend reported Mr Sarkozy as saying: "It's the ...

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French president Nicolas Sarkozy is pleased with the distribution of EU jobs (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

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