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To: tejek who wrote (209445)	11/1/2004 4:55:14 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573363

Re: Let see if Prodi wins. Well, actually events have accelerated faster than I expected: Berlusconi has already compelled Mr Buttiglione to throw in the towel and resign from the EU Commission... Anyway, I sense a change of mood in some EU countries... especially in Germany. Germany doesn't have the same historical relationship with the Arab world as France. Keep in mind that the French-Algerian war (1954-1962) has deeply and lastly influenced the way French politicians deal with Arab countries (). BTW, today is the anniversary of Algeria's Independence War (triggered by the FLN on November 1st, 1954). For a Gaullist like Prez Jacques Chirac --himself a veteran of the Algerian war-- it would have been a grave, unforgivable mistake, indeed a betrayal of De Gaulle's legacy, for France to entangle herself once again in another colonial occupation of a sovereign Arab country... Yet, as I pointed out, Germans are not inhibited by such historical qualms. Hence the trial balloon floated by some dissenting voices: Message 20639524 () Message 20502327 Message 20006877