President Obama stands in front of European, US and German flags at the Hannover Messe on Monday. Photo: DPA

On what is expected to be his last visit to Germany as President, Obama told an audience in Hanover that Europeans ought not to allow the different crises facing the world to scare them away from their values.

“I’ve come here today to the heart of Europe to say that the United States and the entire world needs a strong and prosperous and democratic and united Europe,” he said in an opening address at the Hanover Messe – the world’s biggest industry fair.

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