SUBJECT: UK PLEASED WITH FIRST MONTH OF FRENCH PRESIDENCY;
UK WILLING TO TAKE TIME ON LISBON TREATY FIX
Classified By: Political Counselor Richard Mills for reasons 1.4 (b) an d (d)
¶1. (C) Summary. France has "listened to" London during the first month of the French Presidency of the EU, especially on issues of current importance to the UK such as Zimbabwe and Iran, and the FCO tells us HMG is optimistic about prospects for the remainder of the Presidency. Despite initial concern about French "overreaction" to the Irish vote on the Lisbon Treaty, London now believes President Sarkozy has struck the right note, according to Paul Williams, the new EU Correspondent at the Foreign Office.
http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2008/08/08LONDON2055.html
