AFP is reporting that Europe & the US will shortly issue a joint declaration on the closure of Guantanamo which will stress the fundamental values of both in order to encourage the Europeans to help out in closing Guantanamo. As I blogged before, EU governments are currently considering whether to accept inmates and get President Obama out of the political bind that is the relocation of these (mainly unprocecuteable and probably innocent) inmates. The European Council for Foreign Relations has called for Europe to grap the opportunity to cement transatlantic relations in their report: Beyond the “War on Terrorism”: Tpward a new Transatlantic framework for Counterterrorism. The Justice Ministers of the EU will meet in June to explore the issue further.