Despite such predictions, many tensions still made the relationships between the great powers very rocky and dangerous. One of the main problems was that, despite Prime Minister Nicholas Sarkozy's efforts to reduce the constant bickering and tensions between the major powers, he still harbored goals to bring all of Europe, especially Poland, Scotland and Greece into the Sorelist fold and bring an end to the Juneau Pact threat to the periphery's of the empire, much like his deposed and exiled predecessor Jacques Chirac.