And if you listen closely to the speech he is pronouncing the end of a tolerant, democratic Europe, and is calling for Europe to “Trump” itself.

A Europe that no longer trusts the US as a security partner would also have significant consequences for US trade, perhaps above all in the defence sector. All these are big incentives to try to stop a full breach with Europe taking place.

Since Feb 2025, we've seen threats to annex territory of two NATO allies; tariff threats against allies opposing this; the red carpet rolled out for Putin in Alaska; the US siding with Russia over Ukraine; and an NSS that says Europe needs to get over their Russia concerns.

Jordan Bardella, the party’s President and likely candidate in next year’s French presidential election, just voted against the EU’s life-saving €90bn loan to Ukraine in the European Parliament. So did 139 other members of the Far Rights “Patriots” group 2/

...Necessity is the mother of invention, and regulatory compliance is a powerful form of necessity."
New EU motto ? 👀

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