Is Europe Falling Out of Love with Obama? - by Leo Cendrowicz
Europeans were among the loudest cheerleaders for Barack Obama during his presidential campaign. Soon after he won the Democratic candidacy 200,000 people turned out in Berlin to hear him speak. But now that he is settled in the White House, many Europeans feel snubbed."Europeans never miss an opportunity to read bad omens in a new President," says Daniel Korski Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).
Vice President Joe Biden told a security conference in Munich last month that although Washington was ready to listen, it expected more from Europe in return. When it comes to Afghanistan, European nations are still dragging their feet on troops. And on trade, Obama narrowly avoided an early confrontation with the E.U. when he changed the language of the 'Buy American' clause in the financial stimulus bill just days before the Congressional vote.
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