They still don't want him in Europe

Hundreds of demonstrators protested George W. Bush's visit Sunday, hours before the U.S. president was to arrive in Belgium at the start of a conciliatory swing through Europe.

Bush will meet with more than two dozen European leaders during a tour aimed at healing the trans-Atlantic rift that opened during his first term, notably over the Iraq war.

"He is coming to persuade and influence the European leaders. We are afraid the European leaders will distance themselves from their people," said Pol de Vos, one of about 700 anti-Bush protesters marching peacefully in downtown Brussels.
  ABC article

That would probably be a bad thing for the leaders of Europe, since the Europeans seem to be awake and active.

And his visits are always so costly.

Police have mounted an unprecedented security operation for the visit, deploying 2,500 officers 1,000 more than usually deployed for the three or four summits that bring European Union leaders to the Belgian capital each year.

An alliance of 88 environmental, human rights, peace and other groups have planned protests near the U.S. Embassy for Monday and near the EU headquarters on Tuesday.

I was hoping that somebody somewhere would like him well enough to keep him.

In his weekly radio address Saturday, Bush said [...] … America and Europe are the pillars of the free world."

"Leaders on both sides of the Atlantic understand that the hopes for peace in the world depend on the continued unity of free nations," he said. "We do not accept a false caricature that divides the Western world between an idealistic United States and a cynical Europe."

That's the new tune du jour. Remember when it was "Old Europe" better just get the fuck out of our way, because we are comin' through?