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The US Congress and the European Parliament could hold parallel hearings and produce joint communiqués as part of efforts to cooperate on areas of strategic interest, according to a senior Washington policymaker.

US President Barack Obama "does not care very much" about security in Europe, Edward Lucas, who has been The Economist's Eastern Europe correspondent for more than 20 years, told EURACTIV Slovakia in an interview.

In 2008, while the EU 27 worked towards the adoption of groundbreaking climate change legislation, Barack Obama made ambitious commitments to tackle global warming during his presidential campaign. Ahead of global talks for a post-Kyoto climate deal, EURACTIV asked experts whether Obama will outgreen Europe.

Claudio Murri, chair of AmCham EU’s managing board, tells EURACTIV that a deal on the core elements of the Doha Round is still possible before the expiry of President George W. Bush's trade-negotiating authority in July 2007.

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 European debate about Turkey’s EU membership takes place against a backdrop of a serious weakening of the US-Turkish relationship, which makes the EU’s relations with Turkey all the more important.