(9 Jun 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of Air Force One, plane carrying US President George W. Bush, taxiing to stop
2. Pan from security officials to plane stairs
3. Slovenian honour guard taking their position along red carpet as official cars arrive
4. Bush waving at top of stairs then making his way down and greeting Slovenian officials, including Prime Minister Janez Jansa, before getting into car
5. Pull out to wide of motorcade leaving
STORYLINE
US President George W. Bush arrived in the Slovenian capital late on Monday at the start of a European tour, his last major visit to a continent where many dismiss him as yesterday's man.
He was welcomed by Prime Minister Janez Jansa and other senior officials at Ljubljana airport.
The president's tour kicks off on Tuesday with a one-day summit of US and European leaders in Slovenia, where officials have alluded to long-standing misgivings in Europe over Bush's foreign policy in Iraq and its approach to climate change and other issues.
Bush and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice planned to hold talks with President Danilo Turk and Prime Minister Jansa and later with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
Later on Tuesday, Bush was to head to Germany to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel.
He also planned stops in Italy, the Vatican, France, England and Northern Ireland.
As his presidency winds down, Bush - reviled by many Europeans and simply ignored by others - can do little this week but smooth the way for his
successor.
His decision to invade Iraq stirred anti-American sentiment in many countries, although that has receded as Europeans watch the US presidential campaign and weigh prospects for change under a new president.
Many Slovenes, whose country now holds the rotating EU presidency, have expressed a growing disinterest in Bush, coupled with a keen interest in who will replace him at the White House.
When Bush first visited this ex-Yugoslav republic in 2001 for a summit with then-Russian President Vladimir Putin, he was met with large and
boisterous demonstrations.
This time, only a few small, loosely organised protests are planned.
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