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Wed 11 Nov 2009Obama lunch slight sums up lost appetite in US for EU summits
THE SYMBOLISM was powerful, if unintended. A year to the day after President Barack Obama won the US presidential election, he delegated vice-president Joe Biden to have lunch with José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, the acting president of the council, and officials attending the EU-US summit at the White House.
The slight reinforced the perception that Europe has slipped down the list of American priorities.
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