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The NATO summit in photos… freely commented on

A summit is also meetings, smiles and discussions. Journalists don't know everything. Oh no! But it is not forbidden to imagine (photo credit: NATO)

Sarkozy with Lithuanian President Grybauskaite: much more relaxed than with his Romanian counterpart. "And yes, women are relaxing!"
José Manuel Barroso (President of the European Commission) with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte: "By the way for the budget, I have the solution, as we have more money, we are not sending you the check in January like d habit for your farmers, is that okay with you?"
Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero and US President Obama: "You stood us up in Madrid at the start of the year, I'll send you the bill okay?"
Obama and Jean-Claude Juncker: Mr Euro and Mr Dollar: who is the happiest?

And, of course, this video, collected by our Romanian colleagues and transcribed by BFM TV, which made the rounds of the press room, when President Basescu successively goes to see President Sarkozy (and is kindly dismissed) then goes to see the Italian Berlusconi (who makes a sign, twice, on his temple, indicating "he is crazy"). But who is he talking about?

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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