Posted on 01/12/2017 5:06:53 PM PST by Olog-hai
As concern grows in Europe about US President-elect Donald Trumps commitment to transatlantic cooperation, German Chancellor Angela Merkel pushed for the European Union to take more responsibility on the world stage during a speech on Thursday in Brussels.
From the point of view of some of our traditional partners and I am thinking here as well about the transatlantic relations there is no eternal guarantee for a close cooperation with us Europeans, Merkel told an audience in Brussels after receiving honorary doctorate degrees from Belgiums prestigious Leuven and Ghent universities. [ ]
We should see this decision as an incentive to work together (for the goal), to hold Europe together now more than ever, to improve it further and to bring the citizens closer together again, she said.
The EU agreed to take first steps toward expanding security and defense cooperation at a summit in December.
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Yep. It’s a “Be careful what you wish for moment for Frau Merkel.”
Merkel has destroyed Germany. I don’t think she has anything positive to add to the US.
They only destroy things to rebuild them in their own image. Stay wary of them.
i am sure the eu will do just fine under merkels and brussels leadership.
/s
Let Putin protect Mutte Merkel.
She’s made several overtures towards some kind of alliance with him in the past. Even in spite of the sanctions rhetoric, she would still not be opposed.
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