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Back in July 2008, Obama - convinced the people in the capital of the - at that time still a possible presidential candidate of the Democrats. Before the victory column, he gave a celebrated speech and delighted the audience with some 200,000 his campaign slogan 'Yes we can'. Less pleased to Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) have been: It's said to have been between Obama and upsets her because the U.S. election campaign drum could not be touched before the Brandenburg Gate.
Also recently, the climate between Berlin and Washington are not always rosy: Germany had been criticized in the past, including the United States that the high trade surplus increased the global imbalances. Also help to combat the debt crisis, there are differences of opinion In September, the U.S. president railed against the action of the rescuer to € Angela Merkel, that was too slow. The Chancellor in turn, had criticized the slow U.S. efforts in reducing their own debt.
Berlin is a "world hot city"
Last May, Obama had visited several European capitals, but was not come to Berlin. 2009 Obama had attended the NATO summit in Baden-Baden and visited the memorial site of the Buchenwald concentration camp, but shunned Berlin.
U.S. Ambassador Murphy sees no problem: 2011 is ideal for the German-American relations have been. Among friends there are always differences of opinion, it was a common denominator has been found. This shows how robust are the relationships. "Berlin as a metropolis that has fascinated people around the world, especially the young Americans who flock to New Year's Eve and again in the city." Berlin is a "hot world city". Even the affair of the revealed by Wikileaks a year ago, American Embassy dispatches had been forgotten. In them was a threatening crisis of confidence between Germany and the United States the question.
