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Viewing cable 05PARIS2694, MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO MOSCOW

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05PARIS2694 2005-04-21 09:58 2011-08-24 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Paris
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 PARIS 002694 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DEPT FOR INR/R/MR; IIP/RW; IIP/RNY; BBG/VOA; IIP/WEU; AF/PA; 
EUR/WE /P/SP; D/C (MCCOO); EUR/PA; INR/P; INR/EUC; PM; OSC ISA 
FOR ILN; NEA; WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC/WEUROPE; DOC FOR ITA/EUR/FR 
AND PASS USTR/PA; USINCEUR FOR PAO; NATO/PA; MOSCOW/PA; 
ROME/PA; USVIENNA FOR USDEL OSCE. 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OPRC KMDR FR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO MOSCOW 
EU-AMERICAN RELATIONS: THE CASE OF ROMANIA 
PARIS - THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2005 
 
 
(A) SUBJECTS COVERED IN TODAY'S REPORT: 
 
1. SECRETARY RICE TO MOSCOW 
2. EU-AMERICAN RELATIONS: THE CASE OF ROMANIA 
 
B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: 
 
RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE POINT DEVOTES A SHORT COLUMN, TITLED "A 
COUSIN FROM AMERICA," TO CRAIG STAPLETON, PRESIDENT BUSH'S 
CHOICE FOR AMBASSADOR TO PARIS. HELENE VISSIERE WRITES: "IF HE 
IS CONFIRMED, STAPLETON WILL HAVE THE DIFFICULT TASK OF 
APPEASING FRANCO-AMERICAN RELATIONS, WHICH HAVE BEEN RATHER 
STORMY SINCE THE WAR IN IRAQ. HIS STYLE WILL NOT NECESSARILY 
HELP HIM. BEFORE LEAVING PRAGUE HE WAS ASKED WHAT ADVICE HE 
HAD FOR HIS SUCCESSOR: `DO NOT TAKE KID GLOVES. AMERICAN 
AMBASSADORS DO THINGS THAT WOULD NEVER OCCUR TO CAREER 
DIPLOMATS.'" 
 
A WIDE VARIETY OF STORIES ARE FEATURED ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGES. 
THE NEW POPE CONTINUES TO ELICIT INTEREST AND COMMENTARIES, 
WITH RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO DEVOTING FIVE PAGES AND ITS 
EDITORIAL, TITLED, "BENEDICT THE EUROPEAN" TO HIS DOCTRINE AND 
WORLD REACTION TO HIS ELECTION. 
 
THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION AND FRANCE'S REFERENDUM ARE ALSO A 
LEAD STORY, WITH POPULAR RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE PARISIEN 
HEADLINING: "YES, THE `YES' CAN STILL WIN." THE STORY IS 
LINKED TO A POLL CONDUCTED ON BEHALF OF THE PAPER BY THE CSA 
POLLING INSTITUTE AFTER PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S CONTROVERSIAL 
TELEVISED SHOW. IT INDICATES THAT ALTHOUGH THE `NO' IS STILL 
IN THE LEAD WITH 52 PERCENT, IT HAS LOST 4 PERCENTAGE POINTS, 
AND THE `YES,' GAINING 4 PERCENTAGE POINTS, IS UP TO 48 
PERCENT. 
 
SEVERAL COMMENTARIES ARE DEVOTED TO PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S ROLE IN 
TRIGGERING THIS NEGATIVE REACTION TO THE REFERENDUM. IN LE 
POINT, COLUMNIST NICOLAS BAVAREZ WRITES: "THE FEAR OF CHANGE 
EXPRESSED BY THE YOUNG PEOPLE (PARTICIPATING IN THE TELEVISED 
SHOW) IS A DIRECT PRODUCT OF CHIRAC'S DEMAGOGUERY. HE HAS 
TRAPPED HIMSELF; IN DENOUNCING THE CHIMERA OF AN `ULTRA- 
LIBERAL, ANGLO-SAXON AND ATLANTICIST EUROPE' HE HAS FED THE 
CAMPAIGN FOR THE `NO.' THE TRUTH IS THAT THERE IS A MAJORITY 
EXPRESSING ITSELF AGAINST CHIRAC, AND EUROPE HAS BECOME AN 
UNFORTUNATE COLLATERAL DAMAGE." 
 
SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO MOSCOW IS REPORTED, ALBEIT NOT 
 
SIPDIS 
EXTENSIVELY. HER CRITICISM OF PUTIN IS NOTED IN LIBERATION, 
WHILE POPULAR RIGHT-OF-CENTER FRANCE SOIR REPORTS ON THE 
"KREMLIN'S FEAR OF TOO MANY REBELLIONS AT ITS DOOR." (SEE PART 
C) 
 
IRAQ AND THE DISCOVERY OF 57 BODIES ARE WIDELY REPORTED. LEFT- 
OF-CENTER LIBERATION SUGGESTS THIS COULD REOPEN THE 
CONTROVERSY ABOUT THE UNCONFIRMED SHIITE HOSTAGES IN MADAEN. 
 
SEVERAL OUTLETS REPORT MOUSSAOUI'S DECISION TO PLEAD GUILTY IN 
CONNECTION WITH HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE 9/11 ATTACKS. IN 
POPULAR RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE PARISIEN THOMAS CANTALOUBE ASKS: 
"IS MOUSSAUI SANE? BY ACCEPTING HIS REQUEST, JUDGE BRINKEMA 
APPEARS TO HAVE DECIDED THAT HE UNDERSTANDS HIS RIGHTS AND THE 
RISKS HE IS TAKING, TWO NECESSARY CONDITIONS TO BE ABLE TO 
PLEAD GUILTY. BUT OTHERS SUGGEST THAT MOUSSAOUI HAS ALREADY 
PROVEN TO BE UNSTABLE., `A CONDITION THAT MAY HAVE BEEN MADE 
WORSE BECAUSE OF HIS ISOLATION,' SAYS LAW PROFESSOR ROGER 
WILLIAMS." 
 
RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO DEVOTES A REPORT TO AN ALLEGED 
CONTROVERSY BETWEEN PARIS AND BUCHAREST AND THE ROLE 
WASHINGTON IS PLAYING WITH EUROPE'S NEW MEMBERS. (SEE PART C) 
 
(C) SUPPORTING TEXT/BLOCK QUOTES: 
 
SECRETARY RICE TO MOSCOW 
 
SIPDIS 
 
"A SPREAD OF REVOLUTIONS ON RUSSIA'S DOORSTEP." 
THOMAS DE ROCHECHOUART IN RIGHT-OF-CENTER FRANCE SOIR (04/21): 
"ON A VISIT TO MOSCOW, CONDOLEEZZA RICE DID NOT SPARE PUTIN, 
WHEN SHE SAID THAT `AMERICA WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE RUSSIAN 
PRESS'S LACK OF INDEPENDENCE.' ALTHOUGH SHE CAME OFFICIALLY TO 
`RE-ENFORCE THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH RUSSIA,' 
CONDOLEEZZA RICE, WHO IS ALTERNATIVELY CALLED THE `BLACK 
PANTHER' OR THE `STEEL MAGNOLIA,' HAS PROVEN ONCE AGAIN TO 
WHAT EXTENT RELATIONS BETWEEN THE KREMLIN AND THE WHITE HOUSE 
ARE DETERIORATING. MOSCOW IS HOLDING WASHINGTON RESPONSIBLE 
FOR RECENT `DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTIONS' AT ITS DOORSTEP. AND IS 
AFRAID THAT IT IS THE TARGET OF A PROCESS AIMING TO TOPPLE 
PUTIN'S REGIME AND REPLACE IT WITH ONE THAT WOULD BE MORE 
FAVORABLE TO WASHINGTON. THE RUSSIANS FEAR A SPREAD OF 
DEMOCRACY AT HOME ON THE HEELS OF REVOLUTIONS SUCH AS THE ONE 
IN KIRGHIZSTAN." 
 
"WASHINGTON WATCHING OVER PUTIN" 
LORRAINE MILLOT IN LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION (04/21): 
"SECRETARY OF STATE RICE DID NOT WEAR KID GLOVES WHEN SHE MADE 
ACERBIC REMARKS ON THE STATE OF DEMOCRACY IN RUSSIA. 
WASHINGTON WILL BE WATCHING CLOSELY TO INSURE THAT PUTIN 
LEAVES THE KREMLIN IN 2008, AS DEFINED BY THE CONSTITUTION." 
 
EU-AMERICAN RELATIONS: THE CASE OF ROMANIA 
 
"THE U.S. HAMPERS RELATIONS BETWEEN BUCHAREST AND PARIS" 
ARIELLE THEDREL IN RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO (04/21): "ON 
MONDAY ROMANIA WILL SIGN ITS EU MEMBERSHIP TREATY. THE NEW 
ROMANIAN PRESIDENT, WHO IS QUITE UPFRONT ABOUT HIS ATTRACTION 
TO THE U.S., HAS ELICITED SOME ANNOYANCE FROM OTHER EU MEMBERS 
WITH HIS MENTION OF A `BUCHAREST-LONDON-WASHINGTON AXIS.' 
AFTER HAVING HELPED BUCHAREST IN ITS EFFORTS TO JOIN THE EU, 
FRANCE IS NOT HAPPY TO HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT IN THE COLD. FM 
BARNIER HAS ALREADY SAID THAT BASESCU DOES NOT PROVE TO HAVE A 
`EUROPEAN REFLEX' AND THAT HE CONFUSES `ALLIANCE' WITH 
`ALLEGIANCE' TO THE AMERICANS. THE ROMANIAN PRESIDENT HAS 
RESPONDED BY SAYING IN RECENT INTERVIEWS THAT HE `DOES NOT 
APPRECIATE RECEIVING SUCH LESSONS.' ON HIS VISIT TO PARIS ON 
TUESDAY THE ROMANIAN EU MINISTER WAS ASKED BY HIS FRENCH 
COUNTERPART TO DENY SUCH COMMENTS, WHICH HE IMMEDIATELY DID. 
WHAT LIES BEHIND THIS QUARREL? THE TRUTH IS THAT THE ROMANIAN 
PRESIDENT WANTS HIS COUNTRY TO BECOME A REGIONAL POWER AND IS 
COUNTING ON THE AMERICANS FOR THIS. THE COMPLEX GAME BETWEEN 
THE U.S. AND RUSSIA IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ROMANIA. AS A NATO 
MEMBER, IT IS READY TO WELCOME U.S. BASES. AND HAS OFFERED TO 
EXPAND NATO'S `ACTIVE ENDEAVOR' OPERATION TO THE BLACK SEA, 
WHICH FRANCE AND TURKEY OPPOSE. THE GUAM SUMMIT COULD HELP 
THAT DORMANT ORGANIZATION TO COME BACK TO LIFE THANKS TO THE 
AMERICANS, WHO, TO COUNTER RUSSIA'S INFLUENCE, WANT TO TURN 
THE GUAM INTO A SUB-REGIONAL COOPERATION ORGANIZATION 
FAVORABLE TO THE WEST. ROMANIA, AN OBSERVER AT THE SUMMIT, 
COULD FIND A ROLE TO FIT ITS AMBITIONS." WOLFF