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The Come-Down Continues
I know I'm violating protocol, but this is some of the inside Euro skinny from the summit:As ever, France's president Jacques Chirac took centre stage in the hurling of insults - though his sidekick Gerhard Schröder did not miss the opportunity to get in a few digs of his own.... ...According to Dutch PM Jan-Peter Balkenende, Schröder accused Holland of "national egotism" for refusing to sign the Franco-German stitch-up.... ...Chirac, predictably, was worse: Dutch foreign minister Bernard Bot claimed that "things were said that I have never heard in my eleven years as a diplomat in Brussels." Such as? Well, here's a gem of a quote Bot attributes to president Chirac - one which seasoned Chirac-watchers will treasure as much as previous golden classics like "They missed a good opportunity to shut up." Bot said that Chirac "Talked about fat, bloated countries that are not ready to do something for poor countries and looked at us (Holland).".... Posted by: anonymous2u 2005-06-22 |
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