Barack Obama has snubbed the EU amid confusion in Washington over which "president" of Europe he would be expected to meet at a trans-Atlantic summit this spring. The White House has said that the US President would not be attending the regularly scheduled EU-US talks, which have been planned to take place in Madrid in May. US officials have expressed frustration because the Lisbon Treaty, which was supposed to give the EU a single global voice, has created a number of European presidents competing for Washington's attention.
The White House has said that the US President would not be attending the regularly scheduled EU-US talks, which have been planned to take place in Madrid in May.
US officials have expressed frustration because the Lisbon Treaty, which was supposed to give the EU a single global voice, has created a number of European presidents competing for Washington's attention.
