Brown & Sarkozy Call For Economic Cooperation

PM And President Sarkozy Call For Global Economic Cooperation

The Prime Minister has spoken of the close relationship between the UK and France and the two governments’ determination to work together to promote global economic recovery.

In a joint press conference with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at Downing Street, Gordon Brown said the two countries were cooperating more closely than at any time since the Second World War.

They called for nations around the world to work together more closely and speedily to ensure economic recovery.

The PM said:

“We believe that the G20 must move with more determination, more consistency and more speed and we believe we need more global cooperation now, not less. We believe our national growth policies must be consistent with strong, sustainable and balanced global growth so we agreed today that we need to develop a globally coordinated approach to ensure that the banks make a proper contribution to the cost of any crisis and to our society as a whole.”

President Sarkozy also emphasised the importance of the relationship between the two countries, saying they had worked “hand in glove” during the economic downturn.

Mr Brown said he and President Sarkozy had renewed UK-France cooperation on nuclear power and announced partnerships would be formed to share expertise and build skills to ensure “nuclear power can be exploited safely and effectively across the world”.

The two leaders also discussed high speed rail connections between France and the north of Britain, following yesterday’s announcement of plans for a high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham.

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