Reply #11: Germans Resent Bush’s Coming Visit [View All]

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Bush' Iraq war and foreign policies stirred anger among Europeans.
BERLIN, December 29 (IslamOnline.net) – Anti-globalization groups and peace movements in Germany are planning massive protests against US President George W. Bush's scheduled visit to the European country next February.

The German coordination committee of the anti-globalization groups and peace movements said in a statement, a copy of which was sent to IslamOnline.net Tuesday, December 28, that it is planning to launch a European campaign titled “Europe resents Bush” early January, one month before Bush's visit to Germany, to highlight large scale rejection of US policies and Bush's visit to the country.

The statement, signed by Peter Schtroienski, the coordination committee spokesman urged citizens in Germany and other European countries which Bush is planning to visit to take to the streets to protest the American President's visit to the continent.

The statement said that no other American President except Bush had succeeded in drawing such a degree of stinging anger of the Europeans Thanks to Bush, the Europeans no longer take to the streets to welcome visiting US Presidents as they used to, the statement read.The campaign came shortly after the German declaration that the US President is expected to make a short visit to the EU heavyweight on February 23, following his participation in the NATO summit, due in Brussels a day earlier.