Portugal and other EU countries are now quietly but increasingly concerned about the prospect of Donald Trump returning as president of the United States and “tearing Europe apart.”
Portugal has always fully endorsed the US and European countries giving large quantities of weapons to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s occupation.
Portugal has always fully supported the European Union, and also the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), of which it was a founding member.
Donald Trump says he intends to immediately end the war in Ukraine and give Russia victory by stopping support for Ukraine. He has shown little interest in continuing America’s close bonds with the European Union, or with continuing ties with NATO.
The other main worries for Portugal and the rest of Europe are that the US will side firmly with Israel rather than a two-state solution with Palestine. Furthermore, there could be complications in the billions of dollars/euros cross-Atlantic trade relations, and efforts to counter the climate crisis.
The good news in recent days has been that representatives from Portugal and 50 other European countries attended a private summit in England in which the newly elected British prime minister vowed to “reset” relations with the EU shattered by Brexit.
Also, the moderate Ursula Von der Leyen has been voted by a substantial majority to serve a second term as president of the EU Commission. The former Portuguese prime minister, Antonio Costa, is now well entrenched as president of the EU Council. And in Portugal, the main opposition centre-left Socialist Party has proposed having negotiations with the new centre-right government “in good faith” about next year’s budget.
However, the Europe being “torn apart” prediction is likely to be of increasing worry for Portugal and the rest of the continent. “This is the moment most of Europe’s leaders hoped they would never see,” reports the much respected American digital news company Politico. “The date is November 7, 2024.”
The Politico report continued: “The former reality TV star’s return to power would not only be the biggest test in transatlantic relations in post-war history, but it could also pose an existential risk to European unity as the tensions over how to work with the world’s most powerful country pull the continent apart”.
5 comments:
Ursula von der Leyen is a very corrupt and dangerous woman. Her influence to push dangerous vaccins, causing many deaths, and her connection to Pfizer, is corruption. Paid by the taxpayers of the EU. Further, stopping the war in Ukraine, is the best solution. Ukraine is very corrupt and so is Zelenski. Why sending weapons to kill more young men? I hope Trump wins and stop this war.
Wow, Alice, someone talking 100% informed common sense to counteract Lefty Len’s WEF driven nonsense. I salute you 👍.
Alice I totally share your view and think that writers the of like Len's will disappear but it will also take other actions to make truth come up including at least neutral and fair commentators and publishers not on the payroll of the rich democrats
Len Port, you are a globalist puppet and full of shit!
I agree 100% with your comments. Victory at any price is not an option. This war began in 2014 with the Western backed coup against an elected government in Ukraine. Zelensky only got voted in as he stood as a peace candidate before Boris Johnson persuaded him at tge behest of Nato to renege on an agreement with Putin. The result has been a huge number of senseless deaths from tge conscripted UkrainiN side and a vast money laundering operation from the corrupt Democrats in the US.This is senseless and must stop!
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