France’s six-month European Union presidency got off to a shaky start amid bickering between the bloc’s trade chief and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and glum comments from Poland’s leader on the EU’s future direction. As Europe’s flag of 12 gold stars on an azure field fluttered side by side with France’s tricolor under Paris’ Arc de Triomphe, Sarkozy met nearby on Tuesday with the European Commission, the 27-member EU executive that runs the bloc’s day-to-day business.Full Story