Posted on 12/05/2017 10:43:49 PM PST by Olog-hai
Germanys foreign minister on Tuesday urged Europe to define and defend its own interests, warning that Washingtons retreat from the world stage may continue even after Donald Trumps presidency.
The current withdrawal of the US under Donald Trump from its role as the reliable guarantor of western multilateralism is accelerating a change in the world order and has direct consequences on the perception of German and European interests, Sigmar Gabriel said.
He said that the current US administration had taken an extraordinary distance from its traditionally close relationship with Europe, which it now increasingly viewed as a competitor or economic rival rather than an ally.
Urging Europe not to sit back and wait but take its fate into its own hands, Gabriel warned that the US withdrawal is not just about one single president; it wont change fundamentally with the next election.
Thats why there is no doubt that Germany and Europe, given this situation, need to take on more than before, he told a foreign policy congress in Berlin.
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We havent withdrawn from anything. We have just gotten tired of European parasites.
We don’t mind being a ‘reliable guarantor’, but not at the cost of bankrupting our own country and compromising our own standard of living. We can, will, and do supply the brawn, but the bills that stack up have to be paid sooner or later by those who forget these things once they’ve relied on our nation to restore their standard of living.
“reliable guarantor of western multilateralism “
There it is folks.Globalization and disintegration by cultural suicide.And President Trump is not a reliable partner in that suicide. God bless President Trump.
I seem to remember that the reason for founding the EU was as a "competitor to the US"
You reap what you sow
We will not be plundered anymore
MAGA beats EU.
What ARE EU’s interests? Seems like all they want is to subjugate its people and force the likes of Poland into submission. And, to destroy themselves with muzzies. What are their interests?
EU needs to project its power ... a movie projector will suffice as that’s all they can afford.
dittos on that
The EU will be too busy fighting their own civil war within 20 years (in some areas sooner) due to their ‘multiculturalism’.
The last thing they need to worry about is ‘projecting power’. That is LAUGHABLE.
Dr. [Konrad] Adenauers approach to the problem of German Realpolitik is a more subtle and far-reaching one [ ] A careful study of the available documentation must lead to the conclusion that the German aim is the creation of a third power bloc, based on the following principle: Let the United States first press for a European Federation, and let the American taxpayers provide the billions of dollars required for German rearmament. After a German-dominated Europe is established, we shall have the opportunity for a far better bargain with the Russians. Moscow will pay a high price if we pledge ourselves to break with the United States. Then the moment will come when Germany can again play an independent role in the world power politics.You remember correctly.
Germany Plots with the Kremlin (1953), pp. 12-13
Q: What happens to the EU's big banks if that money comes home...?
There's been and still is foreign interference in our electoral system, all right. And it AIN'T (just) the Russians.
BTTT.
The SPD effectively functions as an extension of the Russian foreign ministry due to the payoffs it and its members have received from Russia: former Chancellor Schroeder and Foreign Minister Fischer are on the Gazprom board.
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