April 2009
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Barack Obama’s G20 Press conference
“I’m committed to respecting different points of view, and forging a consensus instead of dictating our terms. That’s how we made progress in the last few days and that is how we will make progress in the months and years to come.” Barack Obama addressed the international press in the final briefing of the London Summit, indicating his perspective on and the likely...
Apr 9th
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G20: Image of global consensus
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has said the differences between the G20 leaders are not as marked as they may seem. “There is a real willingness to have convergence at the end of this summit and so I really believe that at the end we’ll have a consensus around the two points that sometimes appear as differences: the stimulus of the economy and regulation.” The vast majority...
Apr 2nd