Posted on 03/30/2019 10:41:14 AM PDT by Olog-hai
France is blocking the launch of trade talks with the US, exasperating its EU partners who fear a restart to a trade war with President Donald Trump, diplomats said on Friday.
“The French are blocking, but they are isolated,” a European source told AFP after a Friday meeting of envoys from member states ended without an agreement.
The envoys are struggling to decide a mandate to launch the transatlantic negotiations given the opposition of Paris that fears domestic blowback just months ahead of European elections, set for May 22 to 26.
Berlin, however, strongly wants the deal in order to placate Trump and avoid US auto tariffs that would punish Germany’s cherished exports, a prospect Chancellor Angela Merkel has labeled “frightening”. […]
At Friday’s meeting, French diplomats called for more time to discuss differences while the Germans argued that “waiting weakens the negotiating ability of Europeans”, the source said. …
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Lots of issues will take a very interesting turn by the end of May. Any way you look at it, it will be a very different EU parliament after the elections, and some of the EU’s unelected heavy hitters are starting to squirm a little.
the EuroNazis in Brussels can’t deal with the French any more than most of the world can....
ha!
but no matter for them, since they’re taking over the place anyway ... it will be temporarily ruled from Berlin again... until their Islamic “shock troops” seize power....
France’s ruling elite has sold the country out to an odd cabal of hostile foreign interests (EU/Fourth Reich... and IslamoNazi invasion forces)..... which will ultimately win... ? My bets are on the Islamics since they like to murder and these modern EuroNazis seem to prefer “behind the scenes” economic political and cultural controls...which are all losers when it comes to the (very, very bloody) Islamic sword!
That’s one reason they want that EU military. It’s planned to absolutely be used on the continent to “solve” the problems that the elites created, and just for starters.
understood!
an “EU military” will LOOK at whole lot better than another German one, optics optics!....even though it will be run by the EU-Fourth Reichers !
the good French people (and there are many) are so so so sold out! (where’s Charles Martel when they need him?)
Did Macrons mommy/wife approve of this?
Good question...
Oh goody, now maybe we can supply modern military firearms to the Yellow Vests on the sly.
The Macron government is in the middle of a revolution. And they blame Trump!
Vive la France! #YellowVests
Great way to stir up more anti-US sentiment over there, to wit “the USA is undermining the EU and the Fifth Republic by arming these thugs!” The Dems would have a field day in addition.
“Europe will be forged in crises, and will be the sum of the solutions adopted for those crises.”Every pro-EU elite politician thinks like this. Whenever any policy that results in chaos at street level is implemented, this is what they are thinking, and they cannot wait for the opportunity to impose the long-planned solution.
— Jean Monnet
i see.
yes, ‘solutions’ in Europe...
we’ve seen before
from pretty much the same gang, too
Frogs and the EU don't NEED a reason to be the world class ingrates, and covetous cucks to Islam they are, they come by it naturally, just like the DemoRats, who armed the Cartels with Fast and Furious ATF gunrunning, then False Flagging American patriots.
That’s true, but handing a reason to them that can be easily traced back to the US helps only them.
The EU may soon forget about Brexit and start calling for Frexit....
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