Subservient to the United States while being antagonistic to China, the EU-Nato axis is guaranteed to end up with the worst of both worlds
The European Union is determined to talk down to China from a position of considerable weakness. The result has been a prematurely concluded summit in Beijing with nothing to show for it other than a standard statement on climate cooperation.
At the same time, it has literally cried “daddy” by accepting 15 per cent tariffs on exports to the United States after Donald Trump threatened to slap the bloc with duties of up to 50 per cent. No wonder many European politicians openly complain that Brussels has effectively capitulated. The deal is even worse than the 10 per cent tariffs placed on British exports. London is now boasting about Brexit.
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou tweeted on X: “It is a dark day when an alliance of free peoples, united to affirm their values and defend their interests, resolves to submission.”
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