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The French Ambassador to the United States Pierre Vimont describes the initiatives France has focused on since Nicolas Sarkozy became the president of the E.U. Among top priorities are immigration reform and military development.
Ambassador Pierre Vimont explains why many countries are concerned the E.U. is not doing enough to protect their economic interests, citing as an example the growing trend of outsourcing jobs to the U.S. -- where the weakened dollar has created a large pool of cheap labor.
Ambassador Pierre Vimont describes the difficulties facing the E.U. as it tries to implement its plan for the environment (decreasing emissions by 20% and using at least 20% renewable energy by the year 2020) across all of its diverse member states.