2026-05-03 18:31 UTC
@TopKnot
... which correlates with the point I was making.
From an EU PoV, the U.S. administration's behaviour was awful from 2016-2020, and now it's become even worse. The EU is not a vassal to the U.S. and will not stomach being treated like one.
The EU isn't interested in leaving NATO. But the way the current U.S. administration is demonstrating its will to use its leverage, EU has no choice but to respond and seek independence from the wholly U.S. centered NATO structure.
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@ermo@fosstodon.org 2026-05-03 18:48
@TopKnot And in case you haven't been paying attention: The current U.S. President has threatened to annex Canada, Greenland (a self-governing territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, which is an EU member) and now the British Falkland Islands. The EU has responded by building stronger ties with Canada and the UK, and serious discussions are under way for Norway, Iceland, the UK, Ukraine, Moldova and others to (re-)join the EU, where the §42.7 clause is poised to become the new security guarantee.