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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