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PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday that he will push for a European Union-wide agreement on whether to boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.
Sarkozy has said he might boycott the ceremony in response to China’s crackdown on demonstrators in Tibet last month, but he has softened his tone since a rash of protests broke out in front of French- owned supermarkets throughout China.
If no progress is made before the Aug. 8-24 Games, he said, he will try to seek “a united position” among the EU’s 27 member states. France will hold the rotating EU presidency at that time.
