(ANSAmed) - MADRID, JANUARY 16 - The assassins will have to pay
and the ''Pyrenees will no longer play a role'' in the fight
against ETA terrorism. This statement was made by French
President Nicolas Sarkozy, who today received the 'Toison de
oro' (golden fleece) from King Juan Carlos. The golden fleece is
the highest decoration of the Spanish Crown, awarded for
France's commitment to the fight against the armed secessionist
organisation ETA. Sarkozy was Interior Minister from 2005 to his
election as President, and was the first French President to
have dealt with the ETA problem as a French domestic security
emergency as well, apart from a Spanish problem. In 2009 he
pledged in the Spanish congress that he would fight the
organisation on the side of the Spanish institutions. ''He has
effectively established better collaboration between politics,
justice and police forces of our two countries, aimed at ending
terrorist violence,'' said King Juan Carlos in the award
ceremony.
(ANSAmed)
