Posted on 02/03/2010 12:27:58 PM PST by Sub-Driver
EU summit off after Obama 'snub'
The European Union has scrapped a summit with the US, after President Barack Obama decided not to attend.
The event in Madrid in May was to have been the highlight of Spain's six-month EU presidency, and the cancellation is seen as a humiliating blow.
Officials say the summit may be take place later this year.
BBC European affairs correspondent Oana Lungescu says many see Mr Obama's decision as a snub to the EU's hopes of boosting its global role.
On Tuesday, the White House said Mr Obama had had no plans to attend the event, and aides pointed out he had visited Europe six times in 2009.
Mr Obama attended US-EU summits in Prague and Washington last year.
A Spanish official quoted by AP news agency said Madrid had assumed Mr Obama would be attending the event.
In fact, Spain only found out about Mr Obama's decision through the press.
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Idiot. I suppose they didn’t kowtow enough? Isn’t this the sort of thing he thrives in?
His statue in Indonesia is more important.
Ole’. Bammy strikes again. This nuanced foreign policy is hard to understand sometimes. Shoosh.
Dear Leader needs to read Emily Post.
Surely there is somebody there he could bow to.
Good... Europe needs to be snubbed a few times, to put its own view of itself down to size... LOL...
This guy is rude beyond words. Not even “suburban manners”.
Silly Europeans! They’re so sad to find out their beloved prom queen isn’t going to attend their dance party.
I wish that we could pull the plug on all his travel excursions for the next year, and watch him & his phat ass ugly wife go stark raving mad, because they can't run out & campaign or schmooz constantly.
But, but, Europe loves us now! Just ask the NY-DC elites.
I’d bet michelle didn’t want to go to Spain. Not 5 star enough for her tastes.
Since when did the United States become part of the EU? It is an EU summit is it not?
He’s going to restore our stature with the global community. Just you wait and see. (must I use the sarcasm tag, or is it obvious?)
Crappy gifts and the return of a Churchill bust to the Brits, too busy to attend the anniversary of the fall of Berlin’s wall, cancelled out on the missile defense deal with Poland and the Czechs, and now this...
Bammy don’t think too much of Europe, do he?n Maybe he’s just spinting the Spaniards after the Copenhagians told him, “no”, twice.
He missed a chance to rally the terrorists in Spain. Maybe he was too tired.
Or maybe that is exactly what he did?
The telepromter couldn’t make it.......
spinting? Spiting.
He didn't even have the courtesy and grace to pick up a telephone and let them know that he wouldn't be attending.
Absolutely no class. A complete failure all 'round.
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