L’Europa deve smettere di rendere omaggio a Washington

Paying a tithe*

That would be nice, but there are a few problems:

1. Old world’s electorates are too mellow and soft to face the degree of hardships common when undergoing fundamental geopolitical changes.
2. The old world’s elites and electorates simply have zero (none, null) experience or even imagination of navigating the world beyond the shadow of the almighty American metropoly
3. There is no unifying idea or identity on the horizon that would override the conflict of EU members’ geopolitical views and interests.

In statistics, they say “never say never”, so the odds of Europe gaining that fabled strategic autonomy within the next decade or two are extremely slim.

This is also a part of the reason why I think Ukraine WILL NOT be accepted into Europe’s cultural space: they as people possess something the inhabitants of the old continent forgot the taste of – courage.

Wait did they just promise to buy close to trillion dollars worth of energy there?

Sure, AFTER we have built up our armed forces again.

We literally just said to spend more on NATO for the last 30 years, you couldn’t do it.

Now we’re here. No more gibs. Either build your own (WHICH AMERICA HAS BEEN BEGGING YOU TO DO BECAUSE STRONG INDEPENDENT EUROPE > Chinese vassal region). Or go ahead, ally with Russia and China instead as they dominate. See if they give you a better deal. (To be fair EU/China stance on Gaza is morally superior to the US stance)

But still, you have to choose. Russia, China and the US and you’re mad about choosing your WW2 ally. Classic Europe. We should have just handed you to the USSR and taken over after you collapsed into a heap with them post cold war. Maybe there’s still time.

Paying tribute? Europe got a pretty decent deal, considering. Europe refuses to spend what’s necessary to become a respected military superpower. Until the EU can (by itself) stand up to Russia and their Chinese backers, the US will always be a dominant partner.

Yet another rubbish article. If you start your rationale by stating that the EU has a comparable economy to the USA, you’ve already lost the argument. Sadly, the EU’s economy is barely 2/3rds that of the USA, which has massively outgrown it over recent years. So on that matter, he’s tragically wrong. Whether it’s through ignorance or sheer delusion is hard to detect.

He concedes the alternatives were to accept the deal, or “risk a trade war”. There is no risk – it would have been absolutely certain, and it would damage the EU far more than the 15%. It’s a shit deal – everyone can agree on that. What drives me crazy is the continual howling at the sky by those who simply won’t accept the reality in which we find ourselves.

Agreed. But we must ask permission from the USA first.

Sorry but vassal states dont get to decide 

We should get rid of von der leyen asap, Germany got the better deal and fck everyone else 

All forget Mario Draghi’s plan for the EU that focuses on boosting competitiveness through increased investment, strategic industrial policy, and enhanced cooperation