A unique strategic partnership. "So in the Elysee Palace, it defined the relationship between the Brazil and the France on the eve of the departure of Nicolas Sarkozy to Brasília. The French President arrived yesterday evening, in the Brazilian capital, where he has dined in head to head with his counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, before today, attend as a guest of honour, in the civil and military parade marking the 187e anniversary of the independence Brazil. Are also planned a meeting with the two Presidents and several Ministers-6 on the French side, including Bernard Kouchner (Foreign Affairs), Christine Lagarde (economy) or Frédéric Mitterrand (Culture) - and a presentation of the tramway de Brasília project for which Alstom should provide the trains.
Of course, the Elysee Palace suggested Friday that, during this visit of barely twenty-four hours, no new major contract does would be signed. The announcement of a decision on the purchase by the Brazil of 36 aircraft, for which the Dassault Rafale is competing, still uncertain (read also page 19) even if Lula reported yesterday on television negotiations with Paris were "very advanced" and said that the Brazilian will arrive "in a good run with the France". However, this meeting, the fourth of the year between the two heads of State - certifying "intensity of meetings at the highest single level between the France and an emerging country", dixit the French President's entourage-, should be important. First because it comes shortly before the Summit of the G20 in Pittsburgh, on 23 and 24 September. However, on July 6, the two Presidents signed a forum sealing their "alliance for change" and stating "their common vision of what must be global governance".This proximity of views, enhanced apparently by personal affinities between the two men will be valuable at the Summit and could also overcome some differences between the Brazil and the West on climate change, a few months of the Copenhagen meeting. But most importantly, Paris now look with great interest this leader, "influential without being weighing", described as "exemplary democracy", and a strong economy to see output of rapid crisis. A country where the vast domestic market is now while also appealing to the French companies as its position as regional platform.
"Balanced partnership."
Evidenced by the large delegation of business leaders who accompanied by Nicolas Sarkozy. On the model of what has been done to the Mexico, a group of high level bringing together major French and Brazilian patterns will be created during this visit (). Loaded to "reflect on the strengthening of bilateral economic cooperation", it must meet tomorrow in São Paulo for the first time. Objective: position the French companies on the markets, not only military - the Brazilian Senate has approved purchases of French equipment for 6.1 billion euros - but also in transport, energy, space... Online focus, inter alia, the future line high-speed Rio de Janeiro-São Paulo or urban transport (read below). "It is a balanced partnership, stresses on the Elysee Palace, two legs, a civil partnership, the other military." The military has increased faster, but civil will prevail in the term.
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