Obama in Berlin

Delo newspaper writes about the upcoming visit to Germany by US presidential candidate Barack Obama, whose plans to deliver a speech at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate have divided opinion among German politicians. "The unaccustomed confusion surrounding Obama's speech has strained relations within the 'black-red' - or CDU-SPD - coalition. ... Berlin's highly popular mayor Klaus Wowereit and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier approve of Obama's giving a speech in the heart of Berlin, but Chancellor Merkel does not. ... As in the US, the German press is also writing that in raising hackles over his planned speech in Berlin, Obama has demonstrated his diplomatic immaturity. ... He will have to show more tact in his dealings with other countries."

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