Germany, France vow close cooperation after US election (www.dw.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 11:29
https://lemmy.world/post/21692214

Summary

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron held a call to discuss the potential implications of Donald Trump’s return to the U.S. presidency for Europe.

The leaders pledged to strengthen cooperation for a “more united, stronger, more sovereign Europe” in light of this possibility. Macron emphasized a commitment to European sovereignty while maintaining cooperation with the U.S. Additionally, German and French defense ministers plan to meet to coordinate on defense policies.

Trump’s ambiguous stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine and his critical view of NATO burden-sharing raise concerns in Europe about future U.S.-Europe relations.

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CEbbinghaus@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 11:48 next collapse

Well that’s one good thing to come from the election. Best case scenario America just fucks itself over (and not the rest of the world) while giving all of the EU a common enemy to help further strengthen the bonds.

angrystego@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 15:25 next collapse

The bonds are deteriorating beyond repair. This won’t be enough. Trump win will embolden the rising far right in EU countries. There’s no good thing, I’m afraid. Sorry for my pessimism.

Deconceptualist@lemm.ee on 06 Nov 17:05 collapse

I don’t think you understand. The faction taking over won’t stop with the US. They want unfettered power. They’re well aware American military might exceeds the rest of the world combined by tenfold and will eventually use it to intimidate or destroy anyone in their way, after subjugating our own citizenry of course.

TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee on 06 Nov 11:54 next collapse

You guys better ramp up arms production and switch to a partial wartime stance. Because Russia isn’t going to stop with Ukraine.

Agent641@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 13:08 next collapse

Invest in arms companies lol

anonymous111@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 22:21 collapse

They’ve got nukes though, and plenty of conventional fire power (compared to Ukraine when it was invaded).

They need to invest in a non US lead command structure as that’s all using US tech and personnel.

Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works on 06 Nov 23:09 collapse

Yeah, they really need to do relying on my country (the US). We are officially fully compromised.

Stovetop@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 11:56 next collapse

Europe needs to step up on Ukraine. NATO is out of the picture, the EU needs to stand in its place.

Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works on 06 Nov 12:13 next collapse

Europe needs to step up on Ukraine.

Realistically, I doubt the western european public opinions are ready to accept 20 year old kids coming home in a coffin. If we put boots on the ground, I expect the war to be more deadly than recent middle-east operations.

So while we could kick of Russia ass, I don’t think we’re ready to pay the political price, at least for Ukraine.

Barbarian@sh.itjust.works on 06 Nov 12:39 next collapse

This is more about ramping up domestic arms production to fill the gap that is going to come from US production no longer going to Ukraine.

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Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 14:53 next collapse

Ironically I think policy support would have been much easier had we put boots on the ground right away. There was initially enormous support for Ukraine, and sending out own soldiers would have given voters a continued vested interest in the war.

Not saying the outcome would have been better, and there is always the threat of nuclear war. However, it would totally changed the course and focus of elections, and my impression is that voters like it when politicians take risks, even if it doesn’t pan out (and even if it’s suicidally stupid).

Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com on 06 Nov 22:06 collapse

and sending out own soldiers would have given voters a continued vested interest in the war.

As a veteran… You’re volunteering right?

barsoap@lemm.ee on 06 Nov 14:55 collapse

Western Europe, yep, there’s not much appetite for that. Southern, neither, Northern, I wouldn’t count them out, Baltics will look to the North, Central (without Germany)… basically the only reason Poland didn’t put boots on the ground yet is NATO.

The French might get involved for dignity’s sake, but on a backfoot – special forces, long-range operations. Also sending French MREs is always a good idea.

EDIT: Oh, Italy. Meloni hates Putin’s guts, the FDI may go in even without appetite because well the “post” in “post-fascist” doesn’t mean that they’ve got rid of fascists’ admiration for war, just the more obvious self-defeating aspects. Struggles of national sovereignty seem to be right up their alley. Greece is too broke either way and Turkey will be on Turkey’s side.

RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works on 06 Nov 13:07 next collapse

That’s not entirely correct. While the US is without a doubt the biggest part of (and contributor to) NATO, it consists of a few other nations as well. But you are absolutely right that Europe needs to get their shit together because it is very likely that the US will scale down their NATO involvement

RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 06 Nov 14:07 collapse

Lol. Maybe we can drown our enemies in paperwork.

SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml on 06 Nov 12:07 next collapse

Trump’s ambiguous stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine and his critical view of NATO burden-sharing raise concerns in Europe about future U.S.-Europe relations.

Absolutely nothing ambiguous about it. Everyone knows where he stands. Exactly where every lapdog stands, behind and slightly off to the side of their master…

merc@sh.itjust.works on 06 Nov 16:53 collapse

Everyone knows where he stands.

I strongly suspect that isn’t true. I think anti-Trump people know where he stands, but I bet a lot of pro-Trump people are about to be in for a big surprise.

SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml on 06 Nov 18:42 collapse

Ah, yes…the old “leopards are eating people’s faces, but how was I supposed to know that it’d be my face?” bit.

merc@sh.itjust.works on 06 Nov 21:46 collapse

I heard yesterday about how a lot of Imams in Michigan posed for selfies with him.

makyo@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 12:26 next collapse

Yeah no one saw a need for this EIGHT YEARS AGO?!

skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de on 06 Nov 12:47 next collapse

eight years ago war looked very different

Saleh@feddit.org on 06 Nov 14:31 collapse

Some did. Then most were happy to go back to sleep as Biden won in 2020. Trump was ignorantly considered a hiccup instead of the expression of a deeper issue with the US.

As the election today showed so did the US Democrats think things could just continue in the same way. And here we are again.

hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 06 Nov 12:28 next collapse

Not needing help from America would be great if our own governments weren’t filled with fascists.

superkret@feddit.org on 06 Nov 12:31 next collapse

It’s the same boiler-plate statement they release after every US election.

Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 12:55 next collapse

If Europe wants to keep the front line east of Ukraine, they better get on that right now. That front line will not stop at the western border.

jagged_circle@feddit.nl on 06 Nov 13:01 next collapse

Sanctiones. You need to issue sanctions against the US. Please.

BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee on 06 Nov 15:02 collapse

Build a dome build a dome

RangerJosie@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 13:13 next collapse

They would.

Nihilistra@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 14:29 next collapse

Try to give some nukes to every eastern border country.

Poland already said they’ll get the bomb asap. Not like we have anything to lose.

kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 06 Nov 14:35 next collapse

The EU needs a centralized military if it wants to survive

GiddyGap@lemm.ee on 06 Nov 15:12 collapse

Maybe they need it, but that may not be happening. Over the past decade, Europe has been moving decisively to the right, just like the US is doing, which means less internal European cooperation and a further move toward sovereign nation states. The EU will maybe be able to maintain the overall trade cooperation among countries, but there’s very little chance of further European integration in other policy areas as it stands. Even the Schengen open-border cooperation is hanging by a thread.

kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 06 Nov 15:29 collapse

Then the EU will fall and Europe will plunge into a new era of uncertainty and war

Jumi@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 15:51 next collapse

That’s basically what all our history is anyway

rmuk@feddit.uk on 06 Nov 19:13 collapse

Yeah, it’s also exactly what the EU and it’s predecessors exist to prevent. We’ve never had a period of prolonged peace in Europe like we have now. And these utter fucking slabs want to undo it.

GiddyGap@lemm.ee on 06 Nov 17:21 next collapse

Yes, which is why I do think the foundational trade framework will remain and possibly strengthen. That’s what originally created the EU and ended many of the conflicts.

What I don’t see happening much going forward is countries giving up sovereignty on things like immigration and judicial issues or social and cultural issues. I also think stuff like a banking union and further economic integration are hanging by a thin, thin thread. There are simply too much disagreement and too many differences in how the economies work. It’s not like states within the US at all.

ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 19:36 collapse

And then Putin can conquer them all…

genXgentleman@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 14:48 next collapse

I sincerely hope they’re ready to hold the world together. Americans have screwed ourselves.

angrystego@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 15:19 next collapse

They’re not. They’re ready to screw themselves as well.

Mrkawfee@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 16:21 collapse

One of the few things that you can rely on is the Europeans will provide no unity or leadership.

AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 14:59 next collapse

Summary:

There will be lots of winded and inspired speeches. Nothing will happen, Europe will stay divided while each country seeks advantages on its own for petty short term gains. The populists will continue to gain footholds, and to conquer lands.

LouNeko@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 21:40 collapse

The only correct answer.

Myxomatosis@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 15:10 next collapse

Get ready for Donnie to epically suck Putin’s cock. Fuck, I hate this country.

kautau@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 15:42 next collapse

He’ll start buying russian natural resources at a dollar on the dime and gas prices will drop a little bit and all the dumb idiots that voted for him will drool and smile because “ooga booga feels good” while he pulls out of nato and the world marches towards WWIII

Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com on 06 Nov 22:04 collapse

He’ll start buying russian natural resources at a dollar on the dime

How does that make any fucking sense when he wants to drill on US land? Do you guys even think about the shit you post before you post it?

CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 06 Nov 15:47 collapse

Nah at this point, Putin is ready to fuck Donnie in the pooper.

Doorbook@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 15:32 next collapse

They should call it the United State of Europe instead if Union and get it over with.

soycapitan451@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 16:23 next collapse

Close Cooperation with eachother. The USA can no longer be seen as a reliable partner with its wild ideological swings and a lack of strong commitment to the cause.

Make or break for a strong European State.

From a UK perspective we’re absolutely fucked due to Brexit. USA is unreliable, detached from the EU, what’s left? BRICS? Lol.

Shit.

Notyou@sopuli.xyz on 06 Nov 17:24 next collapse

BRICS? Lol.

It’d be BRICSUK then. Kinda close to Brexit. Just paint it as the next step after Brexit.

rmuk@feddit.uk on 06 Nov 19:11 collapse

SUKBRICK sounds like a demeaning act that we brought on ourselves so lets go with that.

ZeffSyde@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 19:42 collapse

Everyone that voted for Cheeto Christ has willingly put their teeth to the curb, so SUKBRICK isn’t far off.

Notyou@sopuli.xyz on 06 Nov 23:56 collapse

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khannie@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 22:28 collapse

Ah the UK and EU are inexorably intertwined. Don’t stress too much. We’re still best buds.

chiliedogg@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 19:06 next collapse

American here.

Please embargo us. Make it clear that you will not work with a fascist state.

I want our economy to be in fucking ruins come 2026, when 20 Republican senators are up for reelection. If we take the house and a 2/3rds majority in the Senate and we can end this shit in January 2027.

But we need the anger and pain the Republicans have tapped into to fuel the fire to wipe the GOP from existence. And we need the Dems to stop playing fair. We need to go scorched-earth on these motherfuckers.

NikkiDimes@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 19:26 next collapse

No country would be insane enough to embargo the single greatest economic power on Earth.

wholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 06 Nov 19:30 collapse

How can buisness be done with a power so volatile?

NikkiDimes@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 20:25 next collapse

Capitalism.

catloaf@lemm.ee on 06 Nov 21:11 next collapse

Simple. Multinational corporate interests have significant influence in the government. The elected officials may change, but people like Charles Koch are still whispering in their ears.

needanke@feddit.org on 06 Nov 21:17 collapse

The maga idiots don’t really pose a theat to buisnesses, just regular people.

timestatic@feddit.org on 06 Nov 19:29 next collapse

There is no way in which the US will be embargod. Even under trump european nations will try to keep a mostly beneficial relation with the US due to the economic reliability and US strength in global politics. Sorry bud!

Ultraviolet@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 21:35 next collapse

Fuck embargos, invade and liberate us. Return the favor we did for Germany 80 years ago.

gcheliotis@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 22:34 next collapse

Honestly you sound like you are part of the problem with America if you would rather see your country ruined in some self-fulfilling prophecy just so that your political opponents will lose next election.

SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social on 06 Nov 22:52 next collapse

Think of it like chemotherapy, when you have to invest poison in order to get better.

chiliedogg@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 23:35 collapse

I’ll gladly lose money and comfort for a few years to protect the people I love from what Trump and his minions will to do.

Every day they’re in power is a threat.

skeezix@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 22:49 collapse

in fucking ruins

It will somehow just be “the democrats fault” or those pesky brown invaders. And will fire up the base to vote in another shitclown.

chiliedogg@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 23:33 collapse

Down economies are the number one predictor of whether a political party will be voted out.

el_eh_chase@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 06 Nov 23:01 next collapse

I sincerely hope the European powers will overcome their internal politics and the rightward slide many of them seem to be on, and cooperate more closely for the world’s sake. I want to be hopeful for the climate and humanity.

Hopefully Canada will stick with Europe rather than the US ideologically, but with how things are going here we seem farther along on our rightward slide.

Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works on 06 Nov 23:08 collapse

I mean, Trump is working for Putin… So yeah, NATO may be fucked. The US may at least pull out completely.

I’m not sure if he can do that, but considering everything that’s happened, he probably will.