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Article: EU/US : US president says "there is only a united Europe".(European Union, United States, Barack Obama)
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- European Report
- Article date:
- April 7, 2009
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The United States is listening and wants a "partnership" with a "united Europe" - US President Barack Obama continued, on 5 April in Prague, with his charm offensive with European leaders, who see a "convergence" between the two sides of the Atlantic after years of discord with the Bush administration. "His way of expressing himself, his way of behaving with people and his ability to listen are a break with the past," Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy stressed. "We always had the impression with the last administration that they weren't really listening," Foreign Affairs Minister Karel De Gucht added.
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