But the India also with growth average of 9

Accompanied by a delegation of businessmen without precedent, the visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the double summit EU-India and France-India is involved in a triple context. The first is of course the international financial crisis. In addition to it might earn by contagion the India much more seriously than the current cycle downturn, the risk is also to forget one of the underlying essential: the shift of the world economy towards emerging countries and in particular the emerging great. China of course, that the consideration of structural surpluses has been these massive injections of liquidity, since including the great Asian crisis of 1997. But the India also with growth average of 9.3 over the past three years and the affirmation of the growing role of Office of the world, especially in the United States (75 of the market opportunities), whose middle class is concerned rightly transfers of skilled jobs. That talking about re-regulation of the international financial system is perfectly legitimate. That we forget the new players of any reform of the international economic institutions is unforgivable, especially when it comes to a market economy and a democratic country such as the India. Like the rest of the negotiations at the WTO or the semi-failure of the Bali Summit on post-Kyoto, the India is now well part of the club of the major players of the "new world" to build in the beginning of the 21st century. Are we ready

The second context is that that be described as "the great crisis of European construction." Talking about identity crisis of institutional crisis. But we forget precisely that any redefinition of Europe through the identification of a "European interest" in globalization and therefore to such historical actors who want to find a place of great power. We have seen in the summer with China, then with the Russia. It is once again at the EU-India Summit which may well to wash out the embarrassing questions and especially to be dimmed de facto by the bilateral Summit concomitant with the country in charge of the Presidency of the Union, namely the France. Compared to the tangible results of the latter, the emptiness of the EU-India files will escape course person, as well general statement of 2004. As well as the very low advance on the Treaty of free trade and investment open two years ago. Or even the generosity of the recent agreement of cooperation in renewable energies compared to deep disagreements persist on post-Kyoto. How long will take to achieve that beggar national strategies can only make short term gains and that they are in contrast to the fainting of Europe and therefore de facto to a weakening of each European country to the new powers of the 21st century. It is sometimes amusing to read that the India is a dwarf"economic Europe. But what kind of Europe A collection of "small" countries or a great democratic bloc able to make the concessions needed to exist tomorrow

The third context is that of Franco relations with a delicate to handle turning point. On the one hand, clearly "France is back to India". The full support of Paris to return to New Delhi on the international scene of nuclear amplifies some major contracts especially in aircraft and equipment. The Indian point of view, the France becomes de facto a large potential partners in the major challenges that the India must be in the next few decades: geopolitical challenges, but also challenges of development and particularly in the energy which chronic shortages are part of the three major obstacles for the countries with the infrastructure and education. On the other hand, despite a real turning point in our business strategies, our positions are still fragile. Commercially, the France has not fully benefited from the Indian boom. It weighs much less than 2 of this market and the slowdown in aircraft deliveries pulls down exports since the beginning of the year. Most importantly, how will we respond to the (very) unlikely reversal of the Indian economy The real excesses of the "India shining" risk of inheriting those very real constraints in effect for the Indian market. Can then throw the baby with the bath water while all the signs of a gradual walk of the India to the first circle of the major players in the world are here.