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Europe

• December 5 -- When In Rome, Beat Up On Pro-Bush Berlusconi
Frank Bruni paints Italy's Bush-supporting, pro-war PM as self-congratulatory and gaffe-prone: "[He] spoke energetically and expansively, in soliloquies bereft of self-criticism and brimming with self-congratulation....There was no sense of equivocation in Mr. Berlusconi, whether he was cheering the United States, trumpeting his plans to transform Italy's economy or discussing, without apology, his ever-lengthening string of political gaffes."

• June 4 -- Strasbourg Syndrome
Perhaps Elaine Sciolino has been covering France too long. “U.S.-French Détente: Leaders Lower Voices,” Sciolino’s Tuesday article on the Group of 8 summit in France, pits sophisticated Europe against simplistic Bush.

• April 29 -- France’s “Fiscal Discipline”
“Europe has imposed on itself a fiscal discipline so tight that it leaves little room for economic pump priming,” writes James Tagliabue. “The U.S. is back to cutting taxes and running up record deficits.” “Fiscal discipline” among European welfare states?