Sarkozy has also fully integrated into France’s approach to Europe a reckoning with the new balance of power within the European Union following the accession of Eastern European states. Unlike Chirac, he understands that it is counterproductive and unrealistic to ask countries like Bulgaria or Romania to choose between their European or Atlantic loyalties.
萨科齐也完全融入了法国对欧洲的策略，在东欧诸国加入欧盟以后承认新的权力平衡。与希拉克不同，他明白让保加利亚或罗马尼亚这样的国家在对欧盟或北约的忠诚之间做出抉择是不现实的，其后果会适得其反。这一点再次说明强化欧洲需要巩固北约。