Bush in Europe - The papers say:

guardian.co.uk, Sunday June 17 2001 02.18 BST

United States engagement with Europe remains critical, both to US interests and to global stability. [The US] has the opportunity to preserve the peace not only in Europe but in other regions, retaining leadership while spreading costs. Washington Post

The moment of truth in Gothenburg has arrived: the central question for Sweden and Europe is enlargement and this will decide whether the Swedish presidency has been a success or not. Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm

Nato must become Russia's partner, a message that it seems Russia has not received or absorbed. But this can change because Russia's new leaders prefer reality to populism, good sense to nationalism... Libération, Paris (from an article by Czech President Vaclav Havel)

The skill of the US President has consisted in relating the anti-terrorist fight in Spain with what he pretends to combat with his neo-Galactic shield. El Mundo, Madrid

Ljubljana is not Yalta...George Bush and Vladimir Putin have made Slovenia the very centre of the world for a couple of hours. No one really knows why the two giants took this decision. But Slovenia thinks it's nice. Dnevik, Slovenia