La pacifica non funzionerà: perché l’Europa deve resistere al presidente degli Stati Uniti
https://www.brusselstimes.com/opinion/1719562/appeasement-wont-work-why-europe-must-stand-up-to-trump
di Crossstoney
La pacifica non funzionerà: perché l’Europa deve resistere al presidente degli Stati Uniti
https://www.brusselstimes.com/opinion/1719562/appeasement-wont-work-why-europe-must-stand-up-to-trump
di Crossstoney
15 commenti
No. Europe should not pay attention to him. Europe’s problems lie within itself, and so do its solutions.
IMO Europe would be in a better position to negotiate if it first focuses on reigniting economic growth, innovation and its defensive capabilities. It is the erosion of these factors that puts it in a weak negotiating position, and only by addressing these fundamentals will it become strong.
Yes, everyone feels this way, but until Europe can defend itself, all of these pieces are a simple coping mechanism.
Dude, have they even looked what is happening in America? The mayor of Chicago and many local groups already said they are going to fight Donal Trump should he deploy the Army to Chicago! They are embroiled in legal battles across every corner. Society is heating up at an insane pace.
I mean. How is media so fucking far from reality on the ground in America. Sit back and prepare for Fallout!
You can tell EU leaders are still in a mindset where they just have to outlast Trump and then everything will go back to normal so in the meantime they just wither the storm and appease Trump hoping he will go away if they just buy time.
This is shortsighted in the extreme and makes sure Europe remains a vassal to the US.
No problem with a bit of appeasement to buy time to put the economies of Europe on a more resilient footing … but in the hope it’ll make a bully back down? It won’t. The choice will always be “stand up now or stand up later”.
europe has no power to do anything except complain
He only has 3 years left. I would say Russia would love it if the EU lost its cool and destroyed decades of commerical relationships.with the USA because of their agent, trump. When your enemy wants you to smash things, it may be worth staying calm.
Now assuming the next US president is less in Russia’s pocket, that would be a good time to get tough with the USA. But for now, lets just get through trump and not make permanent changes for the sake of 1 us administration.
It’d be such a cathartic moment to leader stand up to him, contradict his lies and insults.
Zelensky is the only one I’ve seen do it, and was particularly ballsy considering it was not just standing up to Trump but others of his administration and a host of hostile press; and even more so knowing how much Ukraine depends on American aid.
Every time our leaders don’t stand up to him, it’s not just an opportunity missed, but it helps strengthen his hand. It makes one of the weakest, stupidest mean to ever lead a country, appear like a strongman leader.
It’s so fucking depressing.
I’ve heard enough reasons on “why”; I want to know some means about “how”.
Just Boycott everything American, it’s the way
>So it’s time for the EU to accept the reality that Trump is a bully and that he must be confronted as such. This may come with a short term cost and it will require clear leadership and communication from European leaders, especially from President von der Leyen – the only global leader in the EU institutions. She must engage in real debate with the European Parliament, starting next month in Strasbourg and must engage with Europeans via real media interviews in Brussels and across the national capitals, instead of hiding in the Berlaymont.
What really matters to Ursula is keeping her place as president, a debate in Strasbourg about that trade agreement could only weaken her position, much more if the media show all the contradictions and failures (for the EU) of the agreement. Of course, the agreement allows a few countries to keep a good chunk of their economy and jobs relatively safe, but at what cost?
Not only will it not work it will only encourage the use of the Sam tactics every time the tangerine tyrant decides he wants something. It’s a very slippery slope and the old idea of weathering the storm of a shitty administration in Washington no longer works.
Is it really the case that what was obvious to everyone – to fight back and conduct multi-round tough negotiations – is the right strategy, rather than agreeing to all the conditions and receiving even harsher ones?
Perhaps the EU Commission should take a course on “how to properly negotiate for beginners “.
The US has us at the balls on defense (Ukraine) and energy (LNG imports). We are not self-sufficient in these 2 topics and both EU and US knows it. We dont have a lot of cards unfortunately.