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Special Report: Bush in Europe |
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| Europe
takes stock of the new American president: President of
the EU Commission Romano Prodi (left) and Swedish Prime
Minister Goran Persson (center) listen to U.S. President
George W. Bush (right) at a press conference following
the June 14 U.S.-EU Summit in Gothenburg, Sweden. (Photo:
AFP) |
Newspapers across the world watched closely as U.S. President
George W. Bush made his first trip to Europe since his inauguration
in January. Over the course of Bush's lightning tour of Europe,
journalists hung on his every move and graded his performance.
They were watching particularly closely since some of the new
president's early decisions—namely, his rejection of the
Kyoto Protocols on greenhouse emissions and his determination
to discard the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia—had
raised the hackles of observers worldwide.
From June 12 through June 17, Bush traveled to a different country
every day, landing in Spain and leaving from Slovenia. As he
defended the policies that have strained the United States'
relations with Europe, he received mixed marks from commentators
across the globe. Predictably, those who supposed the new U.S.
president to be a complete ingénue used Bush's trip as a platform
from which to launch their diatribes against the "toxic
Texan," as many international newspapers have dubbed him.
As he traveled, he was met with protests in the streets and
in the op-ed pages of the more liberal newspapers. Though there
were voices of dissent—mostly from Eastern Europe, where
commentators seem mystified by the rest of the world's apparent
dislike for Bush's policies—even the most conservative
seemed to struggle with the impression of a new American government
out of sync with the rest of the world.
In a Worldpress.org special report, we review the international
press reaction to Bush's first trip abroad. Full
Story...
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