But something seems to have worried them, and they will now be reading the runes of a summit that ended with an unprecedented decision to cut EU spending, trying to evaluate whether this is a one-off or a symptom of a more troubling shift in Europe's centre of gravity - a move in a more sceptic direction.

BBC: Cameron touches raw nerve

Much as Democrats overreached in pushing their original legislation, however, I suspect they are over-reading the likely impact of the summit and their ultimate vote strength for the split-the-Democratic difference plan the president unveiled on Monday.

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There is nothing wrong per se with being a former journalist, but the danger is that when such people produce reports on the G20 summit or what Europe expects from Obama etc. they end up reading like long pieces of journalism.

ECONOMIST: European politics