"The strategy of appeasement towards Donald Trump from the NATO Summit to deregulation of digital, artificial intelligence, and environmental rules, including the Turnberry tariff humiliation is not working. Concessions and accommodation have neither reduced Trump's unpredictability and hostility. On the contrary, they have deepened Europe's strategic vulnerability, have produced an unacceptable capitulation plan for Ukraine, and a political declaration of war on the EU"
"Europe must therefore draw the necessary conclusions: its security, prosperity and democracy can no longer depend on the changing will of the United States. Strategic autonomy is no longer an option but a necessity. The European Union must be able to act independently, assume full responsibility for its own defense, and pursue its interests and values on the global stage with sovereignty and credibility."
Europe faces heightened geopolitical threats and a weakening multilateral order driven by U.S. unpredictability and concessions that increased strategic vulnerability. Appeasement toward Donald Trump failed to reduce hostility and produced harmful outcomes for Ukraine and EU cohesion. Strategic autonomy is imperative so the EU can independently secure defense, project values, and pursue interests with credibility. Economic strength underpins geopolitical power, requiring completion of the single market reforms, enhanced competitiveness, and a reinforced Multiannual Financial Framework to finance public goods, defense, research, cohesion, and investments, financed by genuine EU own resources and respecting parliamentary and regional roles.
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