• talkingpumpkin@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    “Europe is selling its soul” would imply that we are getting something in exchange for our soul, which is… debatable at best.

    Truth is… we (well, the politicians we voted for) are just generally spineless and much more eager to play against one another that to team up against a common enemy.

  • plyth@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    The tariffs were most likely negotiated in backroom deals long before they were announced in January. There was nothing to do for von der Leyen but to pretend to negotiate.

    This doesn’t make it better but the problem is not von der Leyen’s incompetence but the entirely intransparent political process with which we are governed.