João Marques de Almeida on transatlantic relations

"The election of Barack Obama offers a unique chance ... to strengthen transatlantic relations", writes João Marques de Almeida in Diário Económico newspaper: "Although many of the threats faced by the US and many of its interests will remain unchanged, it is mistaken to say that Obama's America will be identical with that of George W. Bush. Obama's election is the expression of America's will to change, but also of the will ... to change the way the rest of the world sees the US. With the election the US has taken a first step in the direction of its allies. Now these allies must take a step towards the US. Many provactions will test transatlantic relations in the months to come. Troublemakers will say that the US will continue to be the US, regardless of who is president. My hope is that those who now say that Obama's America will be different from Bush's will go on thinking that way."

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