Bush Touts European Ties Before His Trip

Bush Touts European Ties Before His Trip
By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

06-20) 00:36 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --

"Old Europe" and "New Europe" get equal billing this week during President Bush's latest trip across the Atlantic.

On the eve of his 15th trip to the Continent as president, Bush touted the ties between the United States and Europe, praising joint efforts to end Syrian involvement in Lebanon, to establish peace between Israelis and Palestinians, fight poverty, AIDS and genocide in Africa, battle terrorism, and establish democracy in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The president also made clear that he was heading to Vienna, Austria, for a one-day annual U.S.-European Union summit on Wednesday with a wish list as well. He called on Europe to eliminate agricultural subsidies so that talks for a global free-trade pact can go forward and to make good on pledges of help for Iraq's reconstruction.
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In Austria, where Bush is the first American president to visit in 27 years, police were on alert for possible violent anti-Bush demonstrations. And Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, planned to urge Bush to shut down Guantanamo.
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nt

with the World Cup next door in Germany, people's attention will be elsewhere... People in Europe can't stand Dubya.