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The US EU relationship is not working | 130 comments (130 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: The US EU relationship is not working (4.00 / 5)

So are all of them...

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Gordon Brown scored a significant, morale-boosting diplomatic victory over French president Nicolas Sarkozy last night when Downing Street announced that he will be the first EU leader to meet President Barack Obama at the White House.

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jul 16th, 2010 at 10:26:07 AM EST
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Re: The US EU relationship is not working (4.00 / 2)

In fairness, I think that was more about desperation for good photo ops for Brown than neediness.

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by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sat Jul 17th, 2010 at 06:31:46 AM EST
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Political rather than emotional neediness? Doe a phot-op with Obama really lead to a significant boost in the polls? Possibly, during Obama's honeymoon "can do no wrong" phase.

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Sat Jul 17th, 2010 at 11:33:51 AM EST
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