Europe must break from America
https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2026/01/europe-must-choose-the-european-project-or-the-transatlantic-alliance
Bruno Maçães:
It is in this effort to preserve itself against American power that Europe can, at long last, become Europe. First, it would need to affirm its full sovereignty in the face of the threats and ultimatums emanating from Washington. Events last year – particularly the American climbdown on tariffs on 12 May – demonstrated that only China, and perhaps India, were capable of such a stance. Scale matters: only a united Europe can safeguard European sovereignty. Second, a strategic break with the US would compel Europeans to take every existential decision into their own hands. Suddenly, the narcissism of small nations, to paraphrase Freud, would have to give way to a genuinely shared sense of belonging. American protection and tutelage have long prevented this process of consolidation.
Britain must declare independence from America or it will die
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/18/britain-must-declare-independence-from-america/
https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2026/01/europe-must-choose-the-european-project-or-the-transatlantic-alliance
Bruno Maçães:
It is in this effort to preserve itself against American power that Europe can, at long last, become Europe. First, it would need to affirm its full sovereignty in the face of the threats and ultimatums emanating from Washington. Events last year – particularly the American climbdown on tariffs on 12 May – demonstrated that only China, and perhaps India, were capable of such a stance. Scale matters: only a united Europe can safeguard European sovereignty. Second, a strategic break with the US would compel Europeans to take every existential decision into their own hands. Suddenly, the narcissism of small nations, to paraphrase Freud, would have to give way to a genuinely shared sense of belonging. American protection and tutelage have long prevented this process of consolidation.
Britain must declare independence from America or it will die
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/18/britain-must-declare-independence-from-america/
What a Break with Europe Means for America’s Economy
https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/what-a-break-with-europe-means-for-the-american-economy-8b5d746e
Europe is the U.S.’s biggest trading partner, largest investor and closest financial ally.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/what-a-break-with-europe-means-for-the-american-economy-8b5d746e
Europe is the U.S.’s biggest trading partner, largest investor and closest financial ally.