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More than 150 heads of state and national representatives met at UN headquarters in New York yesterday (24 September) for a discussion on climate change. US President George W. Bush, who is hosting a separate meeting on the issue later this week, attended dinner but not the talks.

The transatlantic relationship is of a far too wide ranging importance to be destroyed by squabbles such as the run-up to the Iraq war. The USA needs the EU and vice versa, argues Council director Jim Cloos.

The EU Ambassador in Washington DC, John Bruton, says that the US leadership has confidence in the EU. Aid given by the EU in the wake of Katrina has made a positive impression.

In spite of their remaining differences, US President Bush and German Chancellor Schröder accentuated the positive during their meeting in Mainz.

Coverage in the European newspapers of President Bush's arrival in Europe is marked by a focus on the difficulties lying beneath the professed mutual willingness to mend fences.

As US President Bush was sworn in for his second term, Europe's leaders expressed hope for a fresh start in transatlantic co-operation.

EU's newly named ambassador in Washington DC, John Bruton, argues that the Europeans should stop wanting to misunderstand President Bush.  

US President Bush's public backing of Turkey's EU bid has provoked the anger of France's President Chirac.

Differences over Iraq and tensions over broader security issues remained unresolved as the UN's 58th annual General Assembly debate opened in New York on 23 September.

The 15 EU Member States are quite divided on the prospect of a possible military intervention by the US against Iraq as part of the war against terrorism.

The EU and US agreed they "had a good discussion on the common challenges facing the United States and the European Union". Most time was spent on the Middle East and the fight against terrorism, little was agreed on trade issues.

Thirty-six days after the US presidential election, Republican George Bush claims his place in the White House.