Posted on 09/09/2019 7:44:57 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
The future president of the European Council has expressed concern about Britain politically drifting away from Europe and towards America, the comments coming as the UK reportedly threatened to pull out of EU defence commitments.
“How do we maintain a close relationship to the United Kingdom, our ally and neighbour? How will we repair the potential damage caused by a hard Brexit? The UK is now looking more and more toward the United States,” European Council President-elect Charles Michel, who will replace Donald Tusk on November 1st, said to an audience of the EU’s diplomatic services as reported by POLITICO.
European governments and Brussels diplomats fear instability if the UK aligns politically with the United States under so-called “populist leaderships”, according to The Times, and betraying an anxiety that the EU would be overshadowed by nation-state powers such as the United States, Mr Michel ended his address by calling for EU-wide cooperation on foreign policy, so the bloc can “speak loud and clear on the world stage”.
His observation that the UK is moving closer to the U.S. in terms of relations and geopolitics comes amidst reports that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s chief EU negotiator David Frost has threatened to drop defence and security commitments made by Theresa May. The government will insist that any use of the British military is a sovereign issue — a sentiment which has alarmed Europeans dependent on the UK’s armed forces contributions, as well as its expertise in cybersecurity and intelligence-gathering.
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Well if they “fear” it, then they’re admitting to being the Fourth Reich after all, aren’t they.
The EU was originally formed with good intentions (not). It was formed to dominate "Fair Trade" and castrate all others.
"European governments and Brussels diplomats fear instability if the UK aligns politically with the United States under so-called “populist leaderships”, according to The Times, and betraying an anxiety that the EU would be overshadowed by nation-state powers such as the United States,"
This is so true. Really good to see it in print. The good guys versus the bad guys. (WE be the good guys)
The EU: because all the other times Europe’s great powers sent in an army rather than asking nicely....
More broadly speaking, this is exactly what the ReMoaners fear - that the U.K. will be more independent and more closely aligned with the rest of the Anglosphere rather than the Yurps.
It’s not just trade.
Why can’t Britain have friendly relations with the United States *and* Europe?
We are going to need a place to stage our troops for when we will have to re-invade Europe.
Maybe the EU should invade the UK to make sure they can’t leave the EU.
Overpaid, Oversexed and Over Here!
“Why can’t Britain have friendly relations with the United States *and* Europe?”
Because the EU has no intention of being friendly to the USA.
Europe is the bitchy Eunice in high school. Remember her? "You can't be friends with Amy Rica if you want to be friends with me!!!"
We could figure out how to make Scotland Yard the new FBI. {S/Off, but not by much}
I’d also like to make a straight trade with the EU — our Muzzies and illegals for their remaining conservatives. And we can throw in our libs who are itching to leave as well. Might be easier after Trump wins 2020 in an electoral landslide.
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