Sarkozy keen on radical shake up of EU institutions

French presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed radical EU reforms such as getting the European Commission president to pick his own commissioners and cross-border European Parliament elections - but first he wants a new EU "mini treaty."

Mr Sarkozy, currrently the French interior minister, on Friday (8 September) delivered a high-profile speech at the Friends of Europe think-tank during a visit to Brussels, which seemed designed to boost his campaign for the 2007 presidential ...