The European Commission wants to “build bridges” between the EU and the US amid negative fallout from last week’s meetings, it has said.
“[Commission] president Juncker stands for building bridges”, Juncker’s spokesman, Margaritis Schinas, told press in Brussels on Monday (29 May) as the US dispute gathered traction in Germany.
“Transatlantic relations remain crucial to global security and prosperity”, the EU spokesman added.
He declined to say whether Juncker thought US pr...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.