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Eu in the US - A long standing partnership

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Subido el 10 de agosto de 2007 por EducaMadrid

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Eu Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso stated at a recent EU-US summit that 'The reality is that the world is safer and more prosperous when Europe and America work together as global partners' US President George W. Bush has 'always believed that when America & the EU work together we can accomplish 'big deeds' and this world needs us to work together 'cause there's a lot of challenges.'

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9-11 was a traumatic moment for the United States but also there was great solidarity 00:00:00
between Europe and the United States and an outpouring of support and affection. 00:00:06
Obviously what changed was the Iraq war and the way the United States went to that war 00:00:10
and really because the war has not gone well it's been chastening for this administration 00:00:16
and for Americans in general I think so that there's been a possibility of a convergence. 00:00:21
The reality is that the world is safer and more prosperous when Europe and America work 00:00:26
together as global partners. I've always believed that when America and the EU work together we can 00:00:32
accomplish big deeds and this world needs us to work together because there's a lot of challenges. 00:00:38
Thomas Jefferson is remembered for drafting the American Declaration of Independence in 1776, 00:00:48
declaring the separation of this colony from British rule and Europe. Over two centuries 00:00:54
later Washington DC is the nation's capital. Her monuments and buildings are recognisable 00:01:00
around the world as symbols of leadership, representations of the superpower this nation 00:01:05
has become. But in these two centuries transatlantic bridges have been built. 00:01:10
The most powerful of these currently is the partnership between the United States and the 00:01:15
European Union. It's an important year for the two powers. In 2007 the European Union celebrates 00:01:20
50 years in existence with unprecedented peace on the continent and it now matches the US as an 00:01:28
economic power. The US is in its fifth year in Iraq and other significant challenges lay ahead 00:01:34
for the administration on issues such as climate change and Iran. The face of Europe in Washington 00:01:39
is EU ambassador to the United States John Bruton, a man highly qualified for the role. 00:01:45
Former Taoiseach or Prime Minister of Ireland John Bruton was deeply involved in the Northern 00:01:50
Ireland peace process and in Washington his political background is a distinct advantage. 00:01:55
The hill likes to talk the language of politics with people who can talk it well and he can 00:02:01
but to do that well you need I think that easy familiarity with people in power. It's very 00:02:06
important to build up a good relationship with members of Congress because administrations come 00:02:13
and go presidents come and go but members of Congress tend to last quite a long time so 00:02:19
ensuring that every member of Congress knows about the EU recognizes that the EU is a potential 00:02:24
partner for him or her in their work. I'm going to visit your state very soon. You are? 00:02:30
John Bruton has emphasized this aspect of his job as it puts European issues directly in front of 00:02:37
policymakers. One such issue is that of travel visa arrangements. Currently Americans can travel 00:02:42
to all 27 member states of the EU without a visa however 12 of the EU 27 do not enjoy the same 00:02:49
privileges in return and they feel unfairly treated. We agree with them we feel that there 00:02:57
should be a single approach being taken by the United States to the European Union because 00:03:02
not only do we offer Americans visa-free access to us we also as the European Union 00:03:08
cooperate with them on extradition of people who might be suspected terrorists. We cooperate with 00:03:14
them on exchange of intelligence and information about travelers who might be risky travelers and 00:03:20
we're lobbying Congress on that and we're making some progress on this. 00:03:26
I think there's going to have to be European American political cooperation on a number of 00:03:30
issues that are looming and Europe exercises influence in places where the United States does 00:03:38
not quite clearly. Iran is surrounded by nuclear powers we Europeans recognize and increasingly I 00:03:45
think the U.S. administration recognizes that Europe and America together can put together a 00:03:52
package that would persuade the Iranians to abandon the nuclear course. The European Union 00:03:57
in the Middle East is the entity that's keeping the Palestinian people alive at the present time 00:04:02
now if one wants to have peace between Israel and Palestine if one wants to have two states 00:04:08
living at peace in the same area there's got to be two states that can do a deal with one another. 00:04:15
Politicians on the hill are not the EU's only audience in the United States. 00:04:23
Explaining the basics of what the EU is to the American public and how the EU is good for the 00:04:28
U.S. is still a fundamental part of the job. Where we do face a challenge is in explaining 00:04:33
where Europe is different in the way it approaches major issues. The solidarity we have with new 00:04:41
member states but also the solidarity we show in our grants to developing countries. We're now 00:04:47
responsible for 60 percent of all grant aid and that's a big surprise to most Americans. 00:04:55
To talk to most Americans means a relentless schedule traveling for John Bruton. This week 00:05:02
he meets business interests and students in Indiana home of Notre Dame University and the 00:05:08
fighting Irish. My country Ireland would never have transformed itself if it wasn't for the 00:05:13
access to this huge market that the European Union has given us. So joining the European Union is a 00:05:20
very attractive thing economically but we're using the economic attraction to achieve a political 00:05:26
goal and that political goal is human rights, democracy, the rule of law and an end to conflict. 00:05:32
A lot of the things we're doing together like having a single market like protecting human 00:05:41
rights are the same as what the United States is doing together so we are natural partners. 00:05:46
So it's more than just a sort of an economic pact it's more than just an alliance this is a union of 00:05:52
values and what we're doing. It's clear that the economic pact the bilateral trade is an important 00:06:00
binding factor for the two. Two out of every three dollars invested in the United States from 00:06:06
outside comes from Europe and U.S. companies make five times more profits from their investments in 00:06:12
the Netherlands alone than they do in all of China. But the EU and the U.S. have agreed to 00:06:17
make the global economy more inclusive for other countries. Although the current world trade talks 00:06:23
have stalled the EU is convinced that there is a deal to be salvaged and a global imperative to do 00:06:28
so. Global warming has been another sticking point in the U.S. and a serious cause of concern for the 00:06:34
Europeans. And we know that we Europeans and Americans are more responsible for this than 00:06:40
anyone else because it's mostly our greenhouse gas that's up there. We Europeans and Americans 00:06:46
must lead by example and we must do it now and the European Union is saying we'll cut our greenhouse 00:06:50
gases to 20 percent below our 1990 level by 2020 and we're saying to the Americans will you commit 00:06:57
to do something similar. But we have relatively little time to get to that point. Working through 00:07:02
these issues requires an ongoing transatlantic conversation. For the EU ambassador addressing 00:07:08
students is an opportunity to talk to tomorrow's decision makers. Your generation has a choice. 00:07:14
Are we going to use our power to ensure that everybody gets the same chance that we now have 00:07:22
to live in freedom and to live in a world at peace. We Europeans and Americans working together 00:07:31
can do more than almost any people could have done at any time in the past history to achieve 00:07:38
that objective in the next 25 to 30 years. And it's important that we understand one another. 00:07:45
We understand the opportunity and work to take it to grasp it and to give the sort of leadership 00:07:52
that the world needs at this time. Thank you. 00:07:58
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