While I definitely have opinions about all of this, I believe that the appropriate public posture for Americans to take with regard to the internal political issues of the EU is one of benign neglect. Just as I believe that the appropriate public posture for Europeans to take with regard to internal political issues of the USA is one of benign neglect.
In other words, this is none of our business.
US politicians should maintain a low profile regarding the EU. This has not always been the case. In 1975 when the UK had a referendum whether to remain in the European Community the US secretly supported the yes camp.
President Bush has several times publicly stated that he thinks Turkey should become a member of the EU. (That is akin to a European politician stating that Mexico ought to be allowed to join the USA.)
Of course European politicians ought not to comment on ongoing elections in the US.
However, just as it is important for us Europeans to understand what is going on in the US it is important for you to understand what the EU is all about.
And of course as a private person I feel that I have the right to hold an opinion - and voice it - on what is happening in the world.
Don't know about that. The EUrotopians seem rather intent on exporting their socialism.
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