French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, bids farewell to European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana after their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday, July 12, 2007. AP Photo logo AP Photo 24 months ago

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, bids farewell to European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana after their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday, July 12, 2007.

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  2. French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt look on during a press conference on July 3, 2009 following their meeting in Stockholm. Reinfeldt said that no decision would be taken in July about the re-election of European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. Sweden took over the rotating EU presidency on July 1.
  3. French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) looks on during a press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on July 3, 2009 following their meeting in Stockholm. Reinfeldt said that no decision would be taken in July about the re-election of European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. Sweden took over the rotating EU presidency on July 1.
  4. French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and Swedish Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt look on prior to a meeting in Stockholm on July 3, 2009. President Sarkozy is the first foreign head of state to visit Sweden during the Swedish EU Presidency that commenced on July 1, 2009.
  5. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at a mosque in Paris to attend a ceremony gathering the families of the victims of the Yemenia airliner crash off the Comoros islands, July 2, 2009. Only one of the 153 people survived after the Yemenia Airbus A310 crashed into the Indian ocean in the early hours of Tuesday.
  6. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at a Paris mosque to attend a ceremony gathering the families of the victims of the Yemenia airliner crash off the Comoros islands, July 2, 2009. Only one of the 153 people survived after the Yemenia Airbus A310 crashed into the Indian ocean in the early hours of Tuesday.
  7. General Delegate to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg for the Palestinian Territories, Leila Shahid is seen addressing an Interdisciplinary Conference on Palestinian Refugees in the context of "UNRWA at 60" at Egmont Palace in Brussels, Monday June 29, 2009.
  8. Johan Van Hecke, the head of the European Union's election observer mission, speaks to the journalists as the pools close on the day of the presidential election in Bissau on June 28, 2009. Voters in Guinea-Bissau went to the polls on June 28 to elect a new president after a series of assassinations, including that of long-time leader Joao Bernardo Vieira, who was killed by members of the army on March 2 in apparent revenge for a bomb attack that claimed the life of the army chief, General Batista Tagme Na Waie.
  9. Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and European Union Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn (R) pose for photographers during the Crans Montana economic forum in Brussels June 26, 2009. Turkish and European Union officials said on Friday they were optimistic agreement could be reached soon on bringing Turkey into the planned Nabucco gas pipeline project.
  10. Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and European Union Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn (R) pose for photographers during the Crans Montana economic forum in Brussels June 26, 2009. Turkish and European Union officials said on Friday they were optimistic agreement could be reached soon on bringing Turkey into the planned Nabucco gas pipeline project.
  11. Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu briefs media after meeting European Union Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels June 26, 2009. Turkey urged the European Union on Thursday not to leave its accession bid adrift and said its membership would help the EU's relationship with Muslims.
  12. Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu briefs media after meeting European Union Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels June 26, 2009. Turkey urged the European Union on Thursday not to leave its accession bid adrift and said its membership would help the EU's relationship with Muslims.
  13. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana (R) shakes hands with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (L) before their meeting with Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak (C) on June 30, 2009 in Bratislava.
  14. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana (L) shakes hands with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (R) before their meeting on June 30, 2009 in Bratislava.
  15. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana (L) shakes hands with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico before their meeting on June 30, 2009 in Bratislava.
  16. European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, right , talks with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg during an 0SCE Informal Ministerial meeting on Sunday, June 28, 2009. Foreign ministers from OSCE member states are holding a two-day meeting on the western Greek resort island of Corfu. On the sidelines of the talks, EU foreign ministers will discuss the developments in Iran.

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