German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, says Europe is strong enough to pursue its own interests in trade talks with the United States.
Scholz made this statement on Monday after a meeting with fellow EU leaders.
“The European Union is strong. We have every opportunity to make sure we can look after our own interests.
“And that is also a message to the United States, which at the same time is connected to us through an outstretched hand,” Scholz said.
The German Chancellor also hailed Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum for winning breathing room from US President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs.
“The Mexican president is a smart politician. She played it cool,” he said.
Scholz also acknowledged problems in the common EU defence policy such as fragmentation and the absence of large common defence programmes.
He also commented on Trump’s latest demand for Ukraine to provide the US with rare earths in exchange for more aid by saying it would be very selfish, very self-centred.
Scholz further stated that such resources would be better used for the country’s reconstruction after the war.
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