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Bosonic

(3,746 posts)
Sun Sep 1, 2013, 05:14 AM Sep 2013

France will not act alone in Syria, PM to meet parliament heads

Source: Reuters

French Interior Minister Manuel Valls said on Sunday France would not act alone in Syria but would await a decision by the U.S. Congress on whether to launch an attack against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

"France cannot go it alone," Valls told Europe 1 radio. "We need a coalition."

France's prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, is scheduled to meet with the heads of the two houses of parliament and the opposition on Monday to discuss the Syrian situation ahead of a parliamentary debate on Wednesday.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/01/us-syria-crisis-france-idUSBRE98002W20130901

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France will not act alone in Syria, PM to meet parliament heads (Original Post) Bosonic Sep 2013 OP
There is an element a tragicomedy to the politics of this. David__77 Sep 2013 #1
They've got a coalition dipsydoodle Sep 2013 #2

David__77

(23,372 posts)
1. There is an element a tragicomedy to the politics of this.
Sun Sep 1, 2013, 05:17 AM
Sep 2013

Lots of huffing and puffing followed by cowardice and recriminations.

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
2. They've got a coalition
Sun Sep 1, 2013, 05:33 AM
Sep 2013

US and France.

I have a feeling the French parliament might tell him to fuck off anyway.

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