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France

• October 11 -- Pity the Put-Upon French in Oil-for-Food Scandal
Steven Weisman looks at the U.N. scandal involving French involvement in the corrupt oil-for-food program as yet another Bush failure of diplomacy: "The Bush administration's handling this week of a report on Saddam Hussein's attempts to purchase weapons and buy influence has angered French officials and set back a year of American efforts to repair the rupture caused by the Iraq war, French and other European officials said Friday."

• October 5 -- Taking the High (Tax) Road to Energy Efficiency
Jad Mouawad: "The United States, land of gas-guzzling S.U.V.'s and air-conditioned McMansions, might do well to turn to the country some Americans love to hate for lessons on how to curb its reliance on imported oil: France."

• June 9 -- Whose Credibility Problem?
In “Bush Aides Deny Effort to Slant Data on Iraq Arms,” David Sanger warns other nations may “begin to question American credibility.” But even France and Germany admit Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

• April 29 -- France’s “Fiscal Discipline”
“Europe has imposed on itself a fiscal discipline so tight that it leaves little room for economic pump priming,” writes James Tagliabue. “The U.S. is back to cutting taxes and running up record deficits.” “Fiscal discipline” among European welfare states?