The EU-US Summit will indeed take place… in Lisbon
(BRUSSELS2) The famous summit with the United States, canceled under the Spanish presidency by the Obama administration will take place in November (November 20), in... Lisbon! It will be the first held under the new format of the European Treaty. European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and his Commission counterpart, José-Manuel Barroso, have just officially confirmed this. But it should be noted that Cathy Ashton, the High Representative of the EU yet in charge of foreign policy, is not one of the "inviting powers".
President Obama and all the Heads of Government (or State) of the EU making the trip for the NATO summit, it is more practical for everyone... "The transatlantic link is unique" insists the presidential "duo" in its ideals of democracy and human rights, the fight against terrorism and the prevention of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction". the aeronautics industry (will a WTO ceasefire be declared between Airbus and Boeing) and the difficult agreement on data exchanges.The subjects where the relationship can deepen are even more numerous, starting with the fate of Afghanistan-Pakistan, where we no longer really know what strategy the Americans are pursuing, or the peace process in the Middle East, not to mention economic issues such as financial regulation, aid to banks, rising deficits...
(Nicolas Gros-Verheyde)
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