France has taken over the European Union presidency from Slovenia for the next six months.
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Taleban accuse Sarkozy of U-turn ... the development of Europe. He defined the priorities of France's EU leadership as immigration, defence, energy and the environment, and agriculture. Sarkozy takes over the presidency as the Union battles to save the Lisbon Treaty, which replaced the draft EU constitution which French and Dutch voters rejected in 2005. Poland's president, Lech Kaczynski, said ratifying the treaty after Irish voters rejected it last month would be "pointless".
(Deutsche Welle)
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