Romania received a big mark on Friday, at Brussels, where the latest Schengen report was evaluated. Except that the „French professor” refused to sign the mark. Even though there were no observations or objections from other EU member states, the French representative called for supplementary time to study the report. In other words, it blocked procedures without explanations, but to the immediate use of the French President.
How did Nicolas Sarkozy came to the conclusion, in just one year, that a knife stabbed in the back of the Romanian friends might be to his advantage in the 2012 electoral fight? The nose of the political animal was lured by the sweet smell of extreme right votes that loom in a France overwhelmed by immigrants – the Balkan gypsies are no longer the majority. Sarkozy’s chances are not encouraged by surveys and on top of everything else it has to face a redoubtable competition: charismatic Marine Le Pen, daughter and heir of Jean Marie Le Pen.
Irrespective of the reasons of the French President, Attila’s place, the barbarian Hun who ate children, is taken by Sarkozy in between the Carpathians as the French eater of Romanians. The present degradation of Romanian – French bilateral relations is overwhelming. Dialogue is cut short, the French diplomacy imitates Sarkozy’s attitude to his Romanian counterpart Basescu at Lisbon.
The French opacity is so absolute that Romanians, irrespective of their political color, started to consider taking up the toughest replies. The proposal of Romanian MEP Adrian Severin to withdraw Romania from the International Organization of the Francophonie was received with open arms by all politicians in Bucharest. What is more, the governing coalition even talked about a withdrawal of the Romanian Ambassador to Paris.
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