GREAT JOB PRESIDENT SARKOZY - who ends his 6 months EU presidency
By clinching European agreement on climate change and an economic stimulus plan, French President Nicolas Sarkozy can hail success as he wraps up a six-month EU presidency marked by a series of crises. Indeed, Mr Sarkozy has capitalized on such dramatic events as the Russia-Georgia conflict and the financial meltdown to prod change into European institutions he has belittled as rigid. As he wrapped up his last summit in Brussels Friday with the twin climate and finance accords, the French president was also the first to recognise his achievements, calling the climate change pact agreed to by the 27-member bloc 'historic'. 'We are starting to change the way we do things in Europe - talking less and doing more,' Mr Sarkozy told reporters.Mr Sarkozy's hard-charging persona is a stimulating break from the EU status quo. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has praised the French leader's 'positive impatience' and EU Parliament President Hans-Gert Pottering 'his very strong attitude'.
'He has given Europe a new momentum by jostling entrenched habits and many countries are pleased with that,' one European diplomat said.
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