Unpopular Sarkozy defends his presidency
In a live televised interview French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday tried to reverse his unpopularity in opinion polls. While admitting making mistakes during his first 12 months in office, he defended his record and pledged further reforms: "Since I was elected President of the Republic the price per barrel of oil has doubled, there's been the subprime crisis, the euro has hit unbelievable levels, or rather the dollar has fallen to very low levels, and there's been a sharp rise in other raw materials.This quadruple shock means we need reforms,change and adaptation," he said. Answering questions by French journalists Sarkozy reiterated his opposition to Turkey becoming a member of the European Union, because that country is not in Europe, he said. His predecessor Jacques Chirac wanted an automatic referendum on any new country seeking membership. Sarkozy said he doesn't want the referendum to be something automatic, but if the issue is raised during his mandate, he will organize a referendum on Turkey.
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