France: President-elect

Lord Dykes
asked Her Majesty's Government:

What principal subjects they plan to raise in their first discussions with the new president of the French Republic. [HL3546]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Triesman)
My right honourable friend the Prime Minister spoke to the president-elect, Nicolas Sarkozy, on 6 May to congratulate him on his election victory and to emphasise the Government's desire to work closely with the future French Government on a number of bilateral, European and foreign policy issues.