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Most of the world’s now thinking – so, what’s going happen to their relationship with America?”
Zelensky said in Davos
Will President Trump even notice Europe? Does he see NATO as necessary? And will he respect EU institutions?”
Zelensky said
I think Zelensky is trying to give Europe spine and they need it,
Beth Sanner, a former senior US intelligence official, told CNNRight now, it’s not clear whether Europe will even have a seat at the table when the war against our country ends.”
Zelensky’s true intent was revealed when he saidWill President Trump listen to Europe, or will he negotiate with Russia and China without Europe? … Europe needs to learn how to fully take care of itself, so that the world can’t afford to ignore it.”
He went onWe can and will deal with all of this without unnecessary excitement and indignation.”
But Europe’s sang-froid should not be mistaken as pandering, Scholz added
The effects of new US tariffs would be serious for the German economy,
DIHK Chief Executive Helena Melnikov told the German newspaper Rheinische Post
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This is a huge blow to the German government's reputation in Washington. No one from this federal government will be able to find an interlocutor in Washington any time soon,
Merz said in an interview on the German broadcaster DeutschlandfunkAs long as the European member states stand together, they will be respected in the world, including in the US. As long as they are divided, no one will take us seriously,
Merz stated at a Berlin summit of center-right European parties
Europe is prepared. If the Americans impose tariffs, which I neither hope nor want, Europe would certainly be in a position to take countermeasures, including those that affect the American economy,
That's why, in contrast to Merz, Germany's Minister of Economic Affairs Robert Habeck from the Green party is taking a more combative stance ... Habeck said in an interview with DW
We share a lot of things with the Americans, but at the same time we must not be naive,
warned Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, from the centrist Renew group
We are used to seeing this type of censorship under China or Cuba,
said Alonso de Mendoza Asensi, a spokesman for the Patriots for Europe group
When beasts smell fear they attack (with) double
the ferocity ... said socialist lawmaker Laura Ballarin Cereza, voicing concern about the bloc's muted response to incursions by Musk and Trump into its affairsAmerica will be a manufacturing nation once again, and we have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have — the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth and we are going to use it,
he said at his inauguration
Europe applies these rules to non-EU companies to level the playing field,
Pierce saidThe leadership of the United States is critical in mobilizing climate finance, advancing clean energy transitions, and ensuring the equitable implementation of global climate goals,
Ali Mohamed, Kenya’s climate envoy and chair of the African Group of Negotiators, said in a statementThere’s a window of opportunity here to get to rational policy developments in Brussels,
said Tom Quaadman, executive vice president of the Chamber’s Center for Capital Markets CompetitivenessWe are really concerned about a bigger revamp,
said Manon Dufour, executive director of global climate think tank E3G’s Brussels bureau
By leaving the Paris Agreement, this administration has abdicated its responsibility to protect the American people and our national security,
said Gina McCarthy, who served as a climate adviser under Biden and currently co-chairs the America Is All In climate coalitionEveryone can say what he wants, even if he is a billionaire,
said Scholz