Members of the German and French cabinets, led by Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Nicolas Sarkozy, meet Monday in the south-eastern German town of Straubing, ahead of the start of the French presidency of the European Union. Foreign, Defense, Economy and Environment ministers from both sides are to be present at the meeting in the eastern Bavarian town for a joint ministerial council of the two dominant EU powers. Energy, including the soaring prices of oil and gas, and global warming are high on the agenda for the meeting, that comes three weeks before France takes over the EU's six-month rotating presidency from Slovenia, according to a report of DPA.
