On Europe
Kouchner is a well-known pro-European. He supported the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty when it was threaten to be rejected by the Irish in referendum. Recently, he co-signed the Soros call for a strenghtening of the European prerogatives as an answer to the eurozone crisis.
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