Charles de Gaulle ci ha avvertito 62 (!) Anni fa

And before the war, all of what comprised said “us” was fighting like crazy all the time. He might’ve been right about US policies benefiting primarily the US, but it was actually worse before the war as there was barely any cooperation. France surrendered in same war to a European power within days. Not like before US influence it was all harmonious.

“January 4” written by an American. Pretty much any European would have written “4 January”.

They make Europe a protectorate then blame Europe for taking advantage of them.

It’s always good to know your history and listen to warnings. The world can, and is, changing fast.

oh stfu europe enjoy building your military again 😒hopefully you don’t start ww3 now that you’re no longer in it 🤣

There’s only a way out in Europe is to trash with modernism, embrace Christianity once again for it has been what made Europe great and prosperous.

I mean France has been warning EU a long time ago, even Macron was the first one to face Trump’s chauvinism and suggest to establish a European new NATO with no USA, and non of the European leaders listened to him, Europe need to let France to led the union and sideline Germany

A man who came to relevance because the Americans bailed him and his country out then spent his entire career whinging about the manner in which they did it.

Europe has become second tier to America because it kept tearing itself apart and since then has stagnated. It’s become old, it’s state spending is bloated, it’s economy hasn’t grown in decades and it’s dependent on foreign powers for it’s energy needs.

The fundamental problem with this new outburst of Gaullist outrage is that Europe still persists in the delusion that it became a second tier power out of choice.

Charles de Based

Yeah, but don’t forget that De Gaulle was against and blocked all attempts at further European political integration during his administration, just look at the Luxembourg Compromise (which De Gaulle requested) with the introduction of the veto power and unanimous decision in the Council, which stalled the EEC decision making for years.

I wouldn’t say anything was imposed. The outcome was mutually beneficial and allowed Europe to disarm, build welfare states and so on.

Trump has changed that though. America will lose their power and Europe our peace dividend.

He was not wrong, but it’s far more complex than this. Europe enjoyed the uprights of being sheltered by the american army and our economies grew incredibly until the first oil shock. Europe had simply abandoned its global power position and decided to follow the prosperity route, mantaining alive the illusion of nations; it can work as long as the US is on our side and they’re actually the global leader, but the decrease of american presence around the globe (due shale oil and gas being found in the US’ territory) and the economical surge of China have deeply changed the world’s order.

De Gaulle is and was part of the main problem (he was against the federation): european leaders not thinking globally

And at the same time he didn’t want to have a European defence alliance, without the US…

“Europe is USA puppet” was element  Russian propaganda for literally decades. Just a curious fact.

Yeah but fishing rights are more important