Insight: What ever happened to France's voice in Europe?

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By Luke Baker and Mark John BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - A few hours after midnight one Sunday last month, as negotiations over a rescue for Cyprus dragged into a second day, French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici fell asleep. Most euro zone ministers in Brussels that night failed to notice, continuing to pore over the details of the multi-billion-euro deal. It fell to Christine Lagarde, French director of the International Monetary Fund, to approach Moscovici and nudge him awake, according to witnesses at the March 24 talks. ...




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[senojekips]

I can understand France's declining interest.

Let's be honest about it, the whole concept of the EU and the "Common Market" before it, is a complete farce where the countries who do practice fiscal responsibility, are left holding the can for those who see it as a bottomless pit of money for them to squander. It promotes waste and overproduction of unsaleable items, even paying farmers not to harvest or sell their unwanted crops.

So long as there are perceived borders and nationalistic interests it is doomed to long term failure.