Author (Person) | Parker, George, Smyth, Chris |
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Series Title | Financial Times |
Series Details | 24.3.06 |
Publication Date | 24/03/2006 |
Content Type | News |
The first meeting of the European Council in Brussels on 23 March 2006 was overshadowed by the dispute over protectionism in the energy market. German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave a thinly veiled warning to France and Spain to open their energy markets and Ernest-Antoine Seillière, the French head of the UNICE employers' organisation made a plea for economic reform. Mr Seillière's speech was in English, which led to French President Jacques Chirac storming out of the meeting in protest. |
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Subject Categories | Internal Markets, Politics and International Relations |
Countries / Regions | Europe, France |