US President George W. Bush is currently in Germany on his good-bye tour of Europe. And I think most Germans would like to bid him good riddance! Not only the German people, but also politicians across all parties have been quite critical of Bush. Most say the era under Bush made the world more unstable. And, if you read between the lines, most are happy that his days in the White House are numbered.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3400054,00.html

German chancellor Angela Merkel considers her relationship to Bush "friendly". She seems to have forgiven him for his slip in diplomatic etiquette back at the G8 summit in 2006, when he gave her a shoulder massage (the above sequence was one of the most popular videos on you tube at the time).

The government's coordinator for German-American cooperation Karsten Voigt told German media that he felt both presidential candidates Obama and McCain will make more of an effort to take multilateral institutions, such as the United Nations, more seriously. Voigt said either as president would approach European partners to resolve international problems -- behavior President Bush did not adhere to.

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