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...Such talk of repatriation is supposed to be anathema in the European Union, where the internal market is a core, treaty-enshrined ideal. But Sarkozy's protectionist language ripped off the veneer of European unity over the economic crisis. "The French have signaled that they are willing to do things they know are illegal under E.U. law," says Katinka Barysch, Deputy Director at the London-based Centre for European Reform (CER). "But if one E.U. country goes down this route, others will feel they have to follow...
...proliferation of national measures has alarmed the European Commission, which fears that France and others will use the downturn to undermine market and competition law. Commission President José Manuel Barroso pledged to scrutinize the French plan to make sure it worked "with the grain" of E.U. rules and maintained the integrity of the single market. "Some think that retrenching within their own group, their own region, their own country is the right response," he said. "But this carries the risk of unilateral reactions leading to a vicious downward spiral...
...Sarkozy's just had a major strike, and he hopes this will keep a lot of people from demonstrating and improve his ratings," he says. "That is combined with the gut reaction of the French to protect, to be interventionist, to centralize. But more importantly, his talk about repatriation undermines the concept of the E.U.'s single market. And when it gets to this level, there is good reason to be afraid...
...collision between a British nuclear-powered submarine carrying multiple nuclear warheads and a French nuclear submarine armed with a similar payload may have been the result of lack of communication between France and NATO nations, according to a former British submarine commander whose revelations were partially corroborated by an official at the French navy...
...French navy confirmed to TIME that it does not give the positions of its nuclear-armed submarines to NATO forces. "France does not supply any information regarding the position of its nuclear arms or submarines carrying them because France considers its nuclear arsenal the most vital element in its defense capabilities," said Jérome Erulin, a spokesman for the French Navy...