SocraticGadfly: France pushes for E.U. boycott of the Olympics opening

April 25, 2008

France pushes for E.U. boycott of the Olympics opening

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has already pledged to boycott the Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies. French President Nicolas Sarkozy continues to make noises about the same. Now, Sarko wants the 27-member European Union collectively on board.

France will hold the rotating EU presidency during the time of the games in August, so this is a serious push Sarko is making. At the same time, he says he doesn’t want to marginalize China.

Unclear in all of this is how much Sarko should be flagged for a pander alert, since Paris was the site of the strongest anti-China protests during the international Olympic torch relay, forcing the torch to be extinguished and put on a bus.

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