The 27 should not fear their possible return to the White House, Belgium’s prime minister said.
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Alexandre de Crewe, whose country holds the biennial presidency of the European Union, believes that we “must seize this perspective by putting Europe on a more solid footing”.
The European Union should not fear the possible return of Donald Trump to the White House, but instead should seize the opportunity to become stronger, said Belgian Prime Minister Alexandre de Croix on Tuesday (January 16) in Strasbourg, whose country guarantees a six-month presidency. of the EU. “If 2024 brings us “America First” again, it will be Europe that will face itself alone.», Alexander de Cro declared in front of the MEPs.
“We should not fear this possibility. We must seize it by putting Europe in a stronger, stronger, more sovereign and more resilient position.“, he added. Alexander de Crewe was speaking a day after Donald Trump’s victory in the Republican primary in Iowa, which cemented his status as the Republican favorite in the US presidential election in November.
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Ukraine and the Middle East in the crosshairs
Donald Trump’s return to the White House worries Europeans, who fear seeing the former American president disrupt their country’s support for Ukraine while the EU also struggles to maintain its military and financial aid to Kiev.
They are also concerned about the consequences of this potential return on the fight against global warming or negotiations on the future of the Middle East, given Donald Trump’s closeness to current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is not in Israel. A two-state solution championed by the EU and current US President Joe Biden.
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