Saying "something isn't right" with Europe, President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday called for profound changes in building the European Union as France was poised to take the helm of the 27-nation bloc.
"There have been errors in the way that Europe has been built," Sarkozy acknowledged during a television interview on the eve of the starting day for the six-month French EU presidency.
The European project has become a source of concern to citizens who are wondering whether national institutions can better protect them from the ill effects of globalisation than European ones, he said.
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