Solutions through a reduction in spendingA priori announce a depreciation of assets of 1The Asia Urbs programme accelerated awareness Once that it elected its representatives the people have only the right to silenceHis music takes its time the listener of Taming itIt out blind of Egged authentic perfume of popular ritualMore that ever develop new artists is essentialThis initiative earned him a volley of criticismThe blog is an online public communication servicecan 41 stores 1100 people be read on his CVThis is what is known as an eloquent silence. At the press conference preceding the State visit of two days in India begins today Nicolas Sarkozy, the Elysee was an unusual about possible contract signatures mutism, and confining to a terse "no comment". At most were sectors of activity in which discussions are in progress discussed. In fact, the visit of the head of State Announces essentially policy. It aims, in the words of the spokesman for the Elysee, to "give a new impetus" to the strategic partnership established between New Delhi and Paris a decade ago. The President of the Republic should therefore discuss with the highest officials of the Indian State, the President of the Indian Union, the Prime Minister but also the leader of the main opposition party. In particular, it will be the guest of honor at the military parade tomorrow, which will celebrate the "day of the Republic".
On the diplomatic front, the France has publicly renew his desire to see the India access to a permanent seat on the UN Security Council reformed. At the Elysee Palace, emphasis on "common values between our two democracies" and on the shared vision of a multipolar world. Nicolas Sarkozy should also reiterate its desire to improve global governance by transforming the current G8 in a G13 that include, among others, the India. More generally, the challenge is to strengthen ties with a country which appears more and more central on the strategic chessboard of the region, not on the Iranian nuclear file.
A positive image
The France can count on the rather positive image has its diplomacy in India. Paris has singled out in 1998 by signing a strategic partnership at the time even when the India was ostracized by the major powers, following its nuclear test with New Delhi. But convert this sympathy in species hard and cash capital is another matter.
On the side of French interest in the Indian market is yet: about 70 corporate officials accompanied Nicolas Sarkozy. In addition to Laurence Parisot, President of the Medef, Anne Lauvergeon (Areva), José Luis Duran (Carrefour), Charles Edelstenne (Dassault Aviation), Gilles Pélisson (Accor), Denis Ranque (Thales) or Jean-Pascal Tricoire (Schneider Electric) have made the move.
The market for nuclear power plants, potentially huge, is currently pending. However, an agreement should be signed, formalize the interest of the India technology of Areva, which does not mean that New Delhi firm as the door to all other companies in the sector (see below). The Suez group must sign two contracts with a value of EUR 86 million. One concerns the construction and management of a plant of drinking water to Bombay, while the other concerns the treatment of wastewater for New Delhi.
Finally, in the field of defence, the India should announce exclusive negotiations with French groups (Dassault, Safran and Thales) for the modernisation of the Mirage 2000 52 before the Indian army. Talking, term of a contract with a potential value of 1.5 billion euros. It is not certain, however, that this announcement will forget the fiasco of Eurocopter: tender that the Group had won for the delivery of 197 helicopters worth 600 million dollars, was cancelled in December last by New Delhi, due to irregularities in the procedure.
Nicolas Sarkozy, who might have hoped that his trip coincided with the signing of this contract, should discuss this unfortunate issue with his Indian interlocutors. And return to France with an array of hunting significantly less completed only two months ago, at the end of its Chinese journey.
