Outgoing EU president Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday (16 December) pleaded for a Europe built on strong states as opposed to a federal Europe, arguing that all countries within the EU had the same rights, but maybe not the same responsibilities.
"We shall not build Europe without the [nation] states. As European as you may be, Europe is not the enemy of nations," Mr Sarkozy told MEPs gathered for a plenary session in Strasbourg.
"Wanting to pass above the heads of those who have been ...
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