Blair meets Sarkozy

The following is from this morning's Gulf Times, linked here, there is of course hardly any coverage in the British media: "The two leaders greeted each other with smiles and warm handshakes before a meeting that was to focus on EU and G8 summits next month. The pair held talks at Sarkozy’s temporary offices and then dined at a top Paris restaurant. Blair flew back to London later in the evening. Blair shares common ground with Sarkozy on many issues, including moves to introduce a slimmed-down version of the EU constitutional treaty rejected by French voters in 2005. “With Nicolas Sarkozy, you can anticipate the discussions will cover key forthcoming international meetings such as the EU, looking at the treaty, and obviously the G8......."