Sarkozy wants `real conversation' with ECB

French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy told reporters Monday 2 April he wants a "real conversation" with the European Central Bank on monetary policy, seeking a weaker euro currency to increase competitiveness.

``If we have created the euro, it's to use it,'' Sarkozy told reporters today at a briefing Monday. ``I will act within the eurogroup to give us an economic policy and to avoid economic shocks, get rid off the legal confusion regarding the exchange rate policy, and organize a real

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