21.1.13

What does Europe want from Obama?

In President Obama's second term there are two longer-term developments that will affect the relationship with Europe. The first is the US budget deficit, the second the so-called "pivot曲紐" - or the rebalancing of focus towards Asia. 

America's finances will mean, now even more than in the first term, the US will be what some have called a "frugal節儉 superpower" -leading from behind as they did in Libya, and as they look to be doing in Mali. 

But then that frugal nature is not altogether一起, 通通 bad news. The US remains by far迄今為止 the biggest customer for European exporters. 

Generally the Europeans are content with the status quo現狀. The last thing they need at a time when Europe is so embroiled in捲入 its own internal debates辯論, is the external distraction of a change in guard保衛 across the pond池塘.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2013/01/130121_witn_what_does_europe_want_from_obama.shtml

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