Nicolas Sarkozy has withdrawn his backing of Tony Blair to become the first president of the European Union, senior sources have told the BBC. The French president is understood to have changed his mind after meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The French president is understood to have changed his mind after meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
We did it!
(Merkel: Dear Nicolas, if you back Bliar I promise you the six months of French EU presidency will be a nightmare.
Sarko: (twitch) It's all the same extraordinary (contorsion, loosens collar) that the media have to keep on (loosens collar) saying I ever backed Bliar in the first place (facial tic).)
