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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10069

3 February 2010
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/united states
President Obama will not go to Madrid in May and summit is deferred - EU and Washington refuse to see this as political signal

Brussels, 02/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - Now that it is certain US President Barack Obama will not be going to Madrid in May for the summit with the EU, which will therefore be deferred (probably until the second half of the year), Americans and Europeans endeavoured on Tuesday 2 February to play down the matter, insisting on the technical nature of the decision (agenda problems) and refusing to see this as a sign of Europe's political marginalisation. The rotating Spanish EU Presidency had...

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