Europe must end its "submissive" alignment with Washington and chart an independent course to become a credible global actor, a Belgian member of the European Parliament, Marc Botenga said, warning the bloc’s current stance harms its economic interests and global standing.
"If Europe wants to be a credible actor, we need to move away from this bandwagoning we have toward the United States, being very submissive to the United States, being a little junior partner to U.S. imperialism,” Botenga told Anadolu Agency (AA).
He said the EU’s submissive posture toward Washington undermines European interests, from energy prices to the bloc's standing in the Global South.
Botenga, a member of the Left group, said the reason why the EU did not sanction Israel over its ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza was "in part because of our obedience towards the U.S.”
He also accused European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen of prioritizing her "loyalty" to the U.S. over the security of Europe, referring to her recent statements in which she said: "Europe can no longer be a custodian for the old world order."
