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Who Needs Enemies?

May 21, 2018

Who Needs Enemies?


Vittorio Matteo Corcos Conversation in the Jardin du Luxembourg 1892

Obviously, there are tensions between Europe and the US. Just as obviously, these tensions are blamed on, who else, Donald Trump. European Council President Donald Tusk recently said: “With friends like Trump, who needs enemies?” EU Commission chair Jean-Claude Juncker even proclaimed that “Europe must take America’s place as global leader”.

These European ‘leaders’ love the big words. They think they make them look good, strong. In reality, they are merely messenger boys for Berlin and Paris. Who have infinitely more say than Brussels. Problem is, Berlin and Paris are not united at all. Macron wants more Europe, especially in finance, but Merkel knows she can’t sell that at home.

So what are those big words worth when the whip comes down? It’s amusing to see how different people reach wholly different conclusions about that. Instructive and entertaining. First, Alex Gorka at The Strategic Culture Foundation, who likes the big words too: “..a landmark event that will go down in history as the day Europe united to openly defy the US.”and “May 17 is the day the revolt started and there is no going back. Europe has said goodbye to trans-Atlantic unity. It looks like it has had enough.

Brussels Rises In Revolt Against Washington: A Turning Point In US-European Relations

The May 16-17 EU-Western Balkans summit did address the problems of integration, but it was eclipsed by another issue. The meeting turned out to be a landmark event that will go down in history as the day Europe united to openly defy the US. The EU will neither review the Iran nuclear deal (JPCOA) nor join the sanctions against Tehran that have been reintroduced and even intensified by America.

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EU’s Tusk To Greece’s Tsipras: “Game Over”

June 26, 2015

EU’s Tusk To Greece’s Tsipras: “Game Over”

Brinksmanship is building:

  • *GREEK OFFICIAL SAYS TUSK TOLD TSIPRAS AT EU SUMMIT “GAME OVER”
  • *GREEK GOVT OFFICIAL COMMENTS IN TEXT MESSAGE
  • *TSIPRAS TOLD TUSK AT EU SUMMIT “THIS ISN’T A GAME”: OFFICIAL
  • *TSIPRAS SAID AT SUMMIT CREDITORS’ PROPOSALS EXTREME: OFFICIAL
  • *GREECE-AID DEAL IS MATTER OF POLITICAL WILL: GREEK OFFICIAL
  • *GREEK GOVERNMENT EXPECTS MIX OF GREEK, CREDITOR PLANS: OFFICIAL
  • *TSIPRAS TOLD EU SUMMIT GREECE HAS NEW PRIORITIES: OFFICIAL

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