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French President Jacques Chirac was in Berlin on Tuesday rejected accusations made against the protectionist France. The

France has hosted two times more FDI than Germany and three times more than Italy, Mr Chirac said to reporters after meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

“La France is one of the most liberal countries in Europe,” he said.

The two leaders expressed their determination to overcome their differences on the open market within the European Union and pledged to work together for a European energy policy. The

France has been widely criticized in Europe last month following the merger of Suez and Gaz de France supported by the government.

The measure, championed by the French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin as the “economic patriotism” has aroused widespread criticism in Germany.

The right arm of the German Chancellor, Thomas de Maiziere, described French policy as “contrary to European legislation”.

The German Minister of Economics Michael Glos, said: “The planned economy, forced mergers and blocking foreign investment do not, in my view, among the instruments of market economy” .

Since it came to power last November, is the first time that Merkel co-chairs the Council of Ministers Franco-German which meets twice a year.

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希拉克反对保护主义的指责

法国总统希拉克在柏林于上周二拒绝对法国制造的贸易保护主义的指责。法国的

比德国主办了2倍以上，外国直接投资和意大利的3倍多，希拉克后对记者说与德国总理默克尔。

“香格里拉法国是欧洲最开放的国家之一，”他说。

两国领导人表示，他们决心克服在公开市场上的分歧在欧盟内部，并承诺努力建立欧洲共同能源政策。在

法国一直在欧洲的广泛批评，上个月后苏伊士和法国天然气公司合并，由政府支持的。

的措施，由法国总理德维尔潘称为“经济爱国主义”在德国引起广泛的批评拥护。

的德国总理，托马斯德迈齐埃，描述为“违背欧洲的立法法国的政策右手臂”。

的德国经济部长迈克尔格罗斯说：“在计划经济，强迫兼并和阻止外国投资不这样做，我认为，在市场经济的手段” 。

自上台去年11月，是第一次默克尔联席部长理事会法德的每年举行两次会议。

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