https://freerepublic.com/tag/matthewkarnitschnig/ en-us Tue, 17 Aug 2021 22:53:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3986126/posts Until Sunday, Europe thought Joe Biden was an expert on foreign policy.Now, the American president’s decision to allow Afghanistan to collapse into the arms of the Taliban has European officials worried he has unwittingly accelerated what his predecessor Donald Trump started: the degradation of the Western alliance and everything it is supposed to stand for in the world. Across Europe, officials have reacted with a mix of disbelief and a sense of betrayal. Even those who cheered Biden’s election and believed he could ease the recent tensions in the transatlantic relationship said they regarded the withdrawal from Afghanistan as nothing... Politico.eu https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3986126/posts#comment Tue, 17 Aug 2021 22:53:04 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3336416/posts Germany, overwhelmed by an unprecedented wave of refugees, reintroduced controls along its border with Austria, in a desperate attempt to defuse a crisis that is testing the limits of European solidarity. The surprise move, announced late Sunday afternoon by Interior Minister Thomas de Mazière, marks a significant escalation of the crisis. Berlin has effectively suspended the EU’s open borders treaty, which many view as the embodiment of European integration. “Germany has shown a willingness to help, but this must not be overstretched,” de Mazière said in a statement to the press, adding that the decision was made in consultation with... Politico https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3336416/posts#comment Sun, 13 Sep 2015 21:12:27 GMT