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Article: SPECIAL DOSSIER - BARACK OBAMA : CHANGE IS COMING - BUT LESS THAN MANY THINK.
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- European Report
- Article date:
- January 19, 2009
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"A great and beautiful moment of history [...] a new hope is born." These words by Francis Wurtz, leader of the GUE-NGL group in the European Parliament, captured the joy felt across Europe when Barack Obama was elected the 44th US president. In his victory speech, Obama said: "To those who seek peace and security - we will support you". Coming on the heels of eight years of George W. Bush, a man who often seemed hell bent on making war, this was music to the ears of many. "The true strength of our nation," Obama said, "comes not from the might of our arms [...] but from the enduring power of our ideals."
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