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President Sarkozy yesterday abandoned France’s long-held resistance to reforming Europe’s £30 billion farm subsidies.

In his first address to the powerful farming lobby since his election in May, Mr Sarkozy, a lifelong city-slicker, struck a reformist tone far removed from the rural rhetoric of Jacques Chirac, his predecessor.

“The Common Agriculture Policy, as it exists today, can no longer respond to the challenges of post2013,” Mr Sarkozy told farmers in the Breton city of Rennes. “Everyone knows this, but nobody says it. I want a new CAP.”

Embora esta notícia seja um bom indício, eu sugeria alguma cautela antes de dar início a alguma festa em Bruxelas, já que o fantasma do sr. Chirac não se desvanece assim tão rapidamente…