I kind of agree with you but the whole point of the eurozone and eu was to elevate the interests held in common across the region to avoid balkanization and competition between constituent states.
Once the us is aligned against that construction the cheese stands alone and European crack up is inevitable.
Of course American anti euro aktion has overwhelmingly been in word instead of deed, despite your handful of good examples.
It’s very likely that European politicians will follow their unique european polities and place the interests of their individual nations over the interests of their region.
The handful examples are incredibly consequential. Europe is basically entirely dependent on the US for energy. And with energy prices in the US being around three times lower, the US is using that as leverage to lure industry away from Europe. The US is also actively meddling in European politics and uses their social media platforms to shape public opinion in Europe.
It’s kind of hard to see what positive actions the US has taken towards Europe over the past few years. It’s an abusive relationship where Europe continues to accept one humiliation after another.
Now that the Iran fiasco looks to have failed, it’s entirely possible that Trump will remember about Greenland again. Meanwhile, there’s very little indication that EU actually does much of anything to protect any common interests. The EU immediately folded in the trade war with the US, while China and many other countries held firm.
I kind of agree with you but the whole point of the eurozone and eu was to elevate the interests held in common across the region to avoid balkanization and competition between constituent states.
Once the us is aligned against that construction the cheese stands alone and European crack up is inevitable.
Of course American anti euro aktion has overwhelmingly been in word instead of deed, despite your handful of good examples.
It’s very likely that European politicians will follow their unique european polities and place the interests of their individual nations over the interests of their region.
The handful examples are incredibly consequential. Europe is basically entirely dependent on the US for energy. And with energy prices in the US being around three times lower, the US is using that as leverage to lure industry away from Europe. The US is also actively meddling in European politics and uses their social media platforms to shape public opinion in Europe.
It’s kind of hard to see what positive actions the US has taken towards Europe over the past few years. It’s an abusive relationship where Europe continues to accept one humiliation after another.
Now that the Iran fiasco looks to have failed, it’s entirely possible that Trump will remember about Greenland again. Meanwhile, there’s very little indication that EU actually does much of anything to protect any common interests. The EU immediately folded in the trade war with the US, while China and many other countries held firm.