European Union

2007 U.S.-EU Summit
"I told the Chancellor and the President that the EU-U.S. relations are very important to our country, that not only is it important for us to strategize how to promote prosperity and peace, but it's important for us to achieve concrete results. And we have done so." -- President Bush, Remarks during joint press conference, April 30, 2007; More on the 2007 U.S.-EU Summit

 
50th Anniversary of the Signing of the Treaties of Rome
"As the European Union celebrates the half century mark, we in the United States are honored to applaud its immense accomplishments. For five decades now, the EU has been a force for positive change not only in Europe but around the world." -- Remarks and Video of Deputy Secretary Negroponte, March 26, 2007; Also: Remarks by European officials; Remarks by Under Secretary Burns at the Center for European Policy Studies in Brussels


The United States and the European Union: A Renewed Partnership Delivering Results
"...the European Union and the United States are working together as never before. And this strategic partnership is producing results worldwide, in support of freedom and democracy, advancing prosperity, and building global security." -- Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kurt Volker, Remarks at the Conference on "New Instruments of International Governance: Transatlantic and Global Perspectives," Vienna, Austria, May 11, 2006