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Mike 03

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1. IMO it is vital that the EU have greater unification and become a true regional power.

Reply to Klaralven (Original post)

Tue Oct 27, 2020, 08:16 AM

Oct 2020

I have no clue why we'd dare to obstruct this. Russia and China are taking advantage of confusion in Western democracies--US and Europe--due to vacuums and uncertainties and foreign meddling.

We need moral leadership in the US but also in the EU to tackle global warming and the perilous rise in anti-democratic movements. We need to get on the same page. And I hope the EU can snuff out the dangerous rise in populism evidenced in Hungary and Poland, and have some recourse when faced with illiberal, fascist demagogues like Matteo Salvini in Italy.

Much depends on this.

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Brexit makes Britain 'less useful to the US,' says former top diplomat [View all] Klaralven Oct 2020 OP

IMO it is vital that the EU have greater unification and become a true regional power. Mike 03 Oct 2020 #1

The US view is that NATO is the only appropriate defense and foreign policy organization for Europe Klaralven Oct 2020 #2

One thing in which the EU foreign policy office was notable was the Iran agreement muriel_volestrangler Oct 2020 #3

I had to check that this wasn't from 4 years ago, when Obama told them exactly that. The Empire is OnDoutside Oct 2020 #4