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Obama´s "tempo rubato" is slight
According to Dr. Andrea Riemer, the director of the Austrian National Defence Academy Obama has narrow scope of action. She thinks that the President has to comply with too much conditions in the United States while he is trying to implement foreign policy.
Obama resinge the attendance on the upcoming EU summit in May
The European Union holds too many bilateral summits too often, sometimes with unclear agendas. US President Barack Obama decided to skip the 24-25 May EU-US Madrid summit as a result of "excessive summitry", analysts told EurActiv.
Obama "doesn´t care" about Eastern Europe, analyst says
US President Barack Obama sees Eastern Europe as a "Bush administration project" and is not conscious of the need to counter growing Russian influence there, Edward Lucas, who has been The Economist's correspondent for Eastern Europe for over 20 years, told EurActiv Slovakia in an interview.
Warsaw, Prague alarmed at US plans to scrap missile shield
Polish and American officials discussed plans for a US missile defence shield on 17 September amid rising concerns in Warsaw that President Barack Obama will shelve the project in order to improve ties with Russia.
Carl Bildt and EU foreign affairs
The swedish foreign affairs minister, Carl Bildt presented his priorities to MEPs. Carl Bildt underlined that Europe has buildt itself up as a credible trustworthy partner, and this picture has to be preserved in the times of the crisis.
