France has put in ВЈ implement immediately the measures announced January 31 by the Portuguese Presidency on behalf of the fourteen: suspension of official bilateral meetings at the political level, receiving the ambassadors of Austria at a technical level only, no support for candidates Austria in international organizations. France announced officially, February 4, 2000, to which she had contributed greatly: the quarantine of Austria. With Belgium, is indeed France (President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin is on the same line) which is the origin of these sanctions. Taken by consensus, these are bilateral and non-community: each of fourteen partners in Austria said he was protesting against the arrival in power in Vienna, a coalition of conservatives and the OPS the far-right party of Jorg Haider. Accused of xenophobia and intolerance, the OPS carries, according to Jacques Chirac, an ideology opposed to the principles of our democracies. We had to tell the Austrian people..

Since neither the formal protests of Austria or the excesses of Jorg Haider, Austrian or obstruction on the issue of taxation of savings has started the firm in Europe. However, there are signs that the front is less and less united. Portugal (President of the Union from January 1 to June 30, 2000) does not hide his embarrassment in a situation which gives a somewhat harmonious EU. Other countries, like Denmark, argue for a relaxation. Copenhagen has developed a plan for normalization of relations between Fourteen and Vienna. An independent body would report on the situation in Austria, the conclusions of the text may give rise, if necessary, a lifting of sanctions.

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