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A speech of symbolic power

After the swearing in of the new US President Barack Obama, the European press comments on the sense and the symbolism of his inaugural address.

Süddeutsche Zeitung - Niemcy

In his inaugural speech the new US President Barack Obama has demanded moderation of US citizens, writes the Süddeutsche Zeitung: "Make yourself small so that others will feel big. That is Obama's leadership principle, which is what makes him very big indeed. No word sums up his style better than responsibility, by which he understands 'duty'. Responsibility, the key term in Obama's mental universe, stands for an attitude of servitude, a classic virtue free from the pall of arrogance or megalomania. With the word responsibility Obama's summarises Kennedy's famous phrase, also spoken at his inaugural address: Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. With this call for responsibility Obama returns the burden of his office to the voters, and gives American politics a new direction. This change of direction is the new president's most dramatic message." (21/01/2009)

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The Guardian - Wielka Brytania

For the left-liberal daily The Guardian, Barack Obama did well in his inaugural speech to reign in expectations, rather than cater to them: "Those who expected Mr Obama to take the oath and then promptly deliver the most easy-on-the-ear speech in American public life since Abraham Lincoln may have been disappointed by yesterday. But that misses the point. Mr Obama is president now, not a campaigner. His job is to harness the expectations, not to pander to them. He knows that America faces an immense economic crisis while fighting difficult and dubious wars. For that reason the absence of a stardust line in the speech may turn out to be another piece of clever politics. A serious man for serious times is rightly careful to lower unrealistic expectations." (21/01/2009)

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Der Standard - Austria

The new US president must make people believe that a new era has dawned, nothing more and nothing less, writes the daily Der Standard: "It may be true that Barack Obama has no 'master plan' for dealing with the crisis, as economist Jeremy Rifkin pointed out in a recent interview with this paper. But the question is, does he really need one? If it's true that psychology is one of the most important causes of the crisis even an Obama without a master plan could be the right president for these difficult times. ... 'Yes, we can' was yesterday; 'Yes, we do' is today. If the 44th president of the United States does indeed manage to restore the legendary pioneering spirit of the bewildered Americans, whatever the expectations may be, he will have performed a great service." (21/01/2009)

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La Repubblica - Włochy

The left-liberal daily La Repubblica comments on the religious content of Barack Obama's inaugural address: "The oath sworn on the Lincoln Bible, which contains many references to God, the long sermon which preceded the new president's speech, the unwavering patriotism and the sublime feeling of a national, specifically American mission must have seemed somewhat strange to many Europeans. ... The speech is in keeping with an important rhetoric tradition that is quite rightly described as America's civil religion. ... In view of the profound emotional power of this language (saturated with religious references) and its ability to set national priorities, Obama made extremely clever use of the reservoir put at his disposal by Jefferson, Lincoln, Kennedy and Martin Luther King. The new president seeks to take full advantage of the power of this tradition as a contrast to the nationalist rhetoric employed by George W. Bush and put it at the service of his new and completely different programme." (21/01/2009)

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Blog Carl Bildt - Szwecja

The Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt writes in his blog that the new US President Barack Obama benefits from enormous moral credibility, but that the symbolism of Obama's inauguration outweighed his message: "As I followed the address I saw that Obama's policy was embodied in his person more than in his words. The presidential inauguration of an African American from a humble background whose middle name is Hussein: this is the most radical change one could possibly imagine. And it is this change, more than the policy measures Obama will possibly or probably introduce, which endows American politics with new potential and power." (21/01/2009)

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La Vanguardia - Hiszpania

Commenting on the new US president's inaugural speech La Vanguardia writes: "The swearing-in of Barack Obama signals the beginning of a new era. His inaugural address as president of the United states marks a radical change in the policies of the most powerful country on Earth. In brief words full of hope Obama promised to usher in a new era of peace founded on cooperation and mutual understanding, as well as a new era of progress based on hard work, effort and individual responsibility." (21/01/2009)

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