The first test of friendship between the EU and the US

"Barack Obama will soon realise that love affairs with Europe require a cautious approach," writes the liberal daily Mladá fronta DNES on the Europeans' unwillingness to help the US president by taking in Guantánamo prisoners. "Obama, we think what you're doing in Guantánamo is great, but you'd better not count on our support. At first glance this seems logical. ... It wasn't Europe that caused the problem. But this perspective has a snag. Obama is also innocent of blame. ... Europe is undergoing its first test. It will show whether the tense relations with [former US president George W.] Bush in fact were not based on anti-Americanism, as people claim, but on opposition to his policies."

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