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AUTOMOBILE : Neelie Kroes : "On se demande si Sarkozy veut bloquer sa propre industrie", actualité Economie : Le Point		CARS: Neelie Kroes: "It makes you wonder if Sarkozy wants to block his own industry", Economy news: le Point
Le président français Nicolas Sarkozy risque de "bloquer sa propre industrie" en insistant pour que les voitures vendues en France soient produites dans le pays, estime la commissaire européenne sortante à la Concurrence Neelie Kroes, dans un entretien publié lundi.		French president Nicolas Sarkozy runs the risk of "blocking his own industry" by insisting that cars sold in France should be made in the country, according to European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes, in an interview published today.
"Si l'industrie française ne devait plus produire que pour le marché français, elle ne se ferait pas une faveur", a commenté la commissaire néerlandaise dans un entretien au quotidien allemand Handelsblatt . "On se demande si le président français veut bloquer sa propre industrie", a-t-elle ajouté. Sarkozy a déclaré vouloir que les voitures vendues en France soient produites dans le pays, sur fond de conflit avec le producteur automobile Renault qui voulait délocaliser la production de son modèle Clio 4 en Turquie. Le gouvernement français a obtenu de la société qu'elle continue à fabriquer une partie de ses Clio en France. Kroes s'est émue de la démarche française.		"If French industry were only to produce for the French market, it wouldn't be doing itself a favour," commented the Dutch commissioner in an interview for German daily Handelsblatt. "It makes you wonder if the French president doesn't want to get in the way of his own industry." Sarkozy said he wanted cars sold in France to be manufactured there, in a conflict with carmaker Renault that wanted to offshore Clio 4 production to Turkey. The French government won the concession that the company would go on making part of its Clios in France. Kroes reacted sharply to the French move.
Selon l'hebdomadaire français Le Canard Enchaîné , Sarkozy aurait dans la foulée affirmé que la commissaire européenne n'a que "deux neurones", une déclaration relayée par la presse néerlandaise et flamande. Interrogée sur cette insulte par le Handelsblatt , Kroes rétorque "comme cela j'en ai au moins 100 % de plus que lui".		According to the Canard Enchaîné weekly, Sarkozy is said to have declared straight away that the European commissioner only had "two neurons", a statement carried by the Dutch and Flemish press. Questioned on the insult by Handelsblatt, Kroes replied "that way I've got at least 100% more than him."

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Feb 8th, 2010 at 03:07:20 PM EST
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Sometimes (4.00 / 2)

I can't help to actually like Kroes...

by Nomad on Tue Feb 9th, 2010 at 03:55:07 AM EST
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