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A cowboy in Brussels: President Bush's trip and the great reckoning with Europe.(Geopolitcs)

National Review

| March 14, 2005 | O'Sullivan, John | COPYRIGHT 2005 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

MY Washington taxi driver had heard the president's speech in Brussels over the radio. He thought it had handled the Europeans well: Bush had set out to assure them of America's goodwill, but had not made any substantial concessions on policy. It seemed to have succeeded--maybe because the Europeans themselves were less united than they sometimes appear. The enlargement of the European Union had brought in member states from eastern and central Europe; these wanted the economic benefits of EU membership, but also the security of the Atlantic alliance. They would therefore be reluctant to root all their foreign-policy decisions within the EU, preferring to keep the NATO ...

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