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EU recommends pragmatic approach (“What can we do together?”) to strengthen transatlantic relations - Hope for more active involvement by Washington on Iranian problem - Practical arrangements and agenda of Bush's visit

Brussels, 17/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - George W. Bush's visit to the European institutions next Tuesday (the first ever such visit in the history of the EU) will begin late afternoon (16h45) with a joint 90-minute meeting with the twenty-five Heads of State and Government, the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and EU High Representative for CFSP Javier Solana. Discussions will above all focus on the Middle East (and especially the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but...