PARIS (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday urged his Polish counterpart to ratify the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, despite Ireland's rejection, as France seeks to resolve the first crisis of its EU presidency. Less than a week after taking over the helm of the 27-nation bloc for six months, France has seen its long-planned projects, such as a new Mediterranean Union, overshadowed by the institutional paralysis caused by the Irish 'no' vote. Polish President Lech Kaczynski earlier this week said he would not ratify the EU reform treaty unless Ireland approved it in a new referendum, whilst the deeply eurosceptic Czech president is also holding out against ratification. "I'm not ready to put the European flag back in my pocket ... to renounce the European ideal which has brought prosperity, peace ... and an...
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