"From the beginning, two of President Nicolas Sarkozy's pet industrial projects have involved bolstering the French defence sector and the country's leadership in nuclear energy. Unlike his predecessors, who championed forging closer industrial links with Germany, Mr Sarkozy seems to have long concluded the best way forward was for France to go it alone - especially in defence and nuclear energy.
EADS, the Franco-German aerospace and defence group, was supposed to create a European champion to compete against Boeing. But if EADS has shown one thing, it is the difficulty for Paris and Berlin to co-operate in what both consider strategic industries. When EADS tried to acquire the French defence electronics group Thales, the Germans blocked the deal, fearing it would shift the group's centre of gravity too much in France's favour. Subsequent infighting and scandal in the French EADS camp enabled the Germans to gain an upper hand in Airbus, the EADS civil aircraft subsidiary." Next.
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