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# Bush back to face his European critics
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Security is tightened near the Vatican in preparation for President Bush's
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visit
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12:05AM BST 04 Jun 2004
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The brevity of President George W Bush's latest European jaunt, which was due
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to begin early today, should save him from the jet-lag that discombobulated
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him the last time he came to Paris.
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In 2002, at the end of a long swing through Europe, he[ arrived at the Elysee
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palace visibly tired][2], called President Jacques Chirac "Jack", and mocked a
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member of the White House press corps who attempted the courtesy of asking
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their host a question in French. The performance left the French stunned by Mr
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Bush's resemblance to his Texan cowboy caricature.
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His goal now - in three days - is to overcome differences on a new United
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Nations resolution endorsing Iraq's caretaker cabinet while marking the 60th
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anniversary of D-Day.
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He is due to meet the Pope today, and to dine with Silvio Berlusconi, the
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Italian premier, before going to Paris. There, he will have dinner with M
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Chirac tomorrow before Sunday's D-Day ceremonies in Normandy, and then back to
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Washington.
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## Related Articles
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* [French leader criticises Bush][3]
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27 May 2002
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* [D-Day pilots face battle][4]
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31 May 2004
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Rome's carabinieri are braced for a huge anti-war protest. But no police will
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be there to guard the American leader when he meets the Pope who, according to
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a Vatican aide, has "one or two things to say to him" about war and peace. Mr
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Bush is, none the less, to award the Pope the Presidential Medal of Freedom,
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the highest US civilian award, for his long years of service.
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France's anti-war lobby is divided over protesting about Iraq during the D-Day
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anniversary. A rally has been called for tomorrow evening at the Bastille, but
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the organisers are not expecting a mass turnout.
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The opposition Socialists have called on people not to protest out of respect
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for the D-Day tribute. Pierre Moscovici, the party's foreign affairs
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spokesman, said Mr Bush's visit should not be used as an excuse for "anti-
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Americanism". He said: "We have shared values and a long friendship with the
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United States. We should absolutely not think that Bush and America are one
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and the same."
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However, the Communist League said Mr Bush should not have been invited to the
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D-Day ceremonies.
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Franco-US relations are still overshadowed by the bitter disagreement over the
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Iraq invasion. Few in the Paris administration can conceal their hope that the
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Francophile John Kerry brings the Bush presidency to an end.
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No one has forgotten Mr Bush's national security adviser Condoleezza Rice's
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terse summary of America's policy to the European opponents of the Iraq war:
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"Forgive Russia, ignore Germany, punish France." And the dismissal of the
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French as "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" - by Willie, a character on the
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Simpsons cartoon show - has also left its wounds.
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All the same, a PR effort is being put into Mr Bush's visit. In a French
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television interview, Laura Bush said of her husband's relationship with M
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Chirac: "I am sure Jacques Chirac appreciates people like him who say what
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they think."
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Mr Bush, asked by Paris Match if he would be inviting M Chirac to his Texas
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ranch - an invitation given only to America's closest allies - he said: "If he
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wants to come and look at cows, he is welcome to come and look at cows."
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Hardly an invitation to get M Chirac packing his camera, but better than the
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silence that persisted between the two men for several months last year.
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At a press conference this week, M Chirac said he had "never been angry" with
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America, despite the divergence of views.
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However, there is some unease that Mr Bush might use his D-Day speech to make
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comparisons between 1944 and Iraq. Yesterday, the defence minister, Michele
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Alliot-Marie, said: "Parallels are always difficult, even dangerous, when we
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are in extremely different circumstances."
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