French premier proposes vote on keeping troops in Afghanistan
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
France's prime minister wants parliament to vote on whether to keep French forces in Afghanistan, his office said Friday, as a new poll showed most of his compatriots want the troops pulled out after 10 died in a vicious ambush.
The legislature, dominated by President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party, is nearly certain to approve a continuation of the French presence in Afghanistan.
Sarkozy, in a conversation with US President George W. Bush on Friday, "underlined France's determination to pursue its fight against terrorism, in close liaison with its allies," Sarkozy's office said in a statement.
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