AFP March 2, 2009 The EU presidency is confident that the United States under President Barack Obama “will follow the leadership of the European Union”, by setting ambitious mid-term goals for cutting greenhouse gases. more
New York Times March 2, 2009 Fears that the world’s economies are even weaker than had been thought ricocheted around the globe on Monday as investors from Hong Kong to London to New York bailed out of stocks. more
Bloomberg March 2, 2009 Eastern European governments that ran political risks to support former President George W. Bush’s security policies are now concerned that his successor, Barack Obama, will backtrack on those regional commitments. more
Radio Free Europe March 1, 2009 For years, the United States has asked Europe to contribute more troops to Afghanistan, with little success. But as the new U.S. administration looks for its European allies to complement its impending troop surge, there are signs of a shift in the trans-Atlantic debate over what a contribution to […]
New York Times March 1, 2009 The leaders of the European Union gathered Sunday in Brussels in an emergency summit meeting that seemed to highlight the very worries it was designed to calm: that the world economic crisis has unleashed forces threatening to split Europe into rival camps. more