09-15-2023, 01:04 AM
I read an interesting piece the other day of a prominent French poltiical advisor.
He basically argued that the EU had made the wrong calls over the past 2 decades by blindly following the US and putting national interests ahead of EU interests and that now we're finally heading to the right track.
The basic idea was that we need to stop fucking around with SMEs as we can't possibly compete with big tech out of the US and Chinese subsidized state owned firms.
So the EU should bankroll large high tech enterprises and corporations too. He also said we should get a grip when it comes to migration. Percentage wise the numbers were still low for all of the EU and we need all that labor.
Another point he made is that the US will withdraw from Europe in the not so distant feature. Even if Trump doesn't get in, it doesn't make sense for the US to have a large military presence here if we refuse to return the favor and back them on Taiwan. There is also no sign that Germany will actually start to pull their weight for NATO. It is more likely that they will seek friendly relations with Russia again after the war.
He basically argued that the EU had made the wrong calls over the past 2 decades by blindly following the US and putting national interests ahead of EU interests and that now we're finally heading to the right track.
The basic idea was that we need to stop fucking around with SMEs as we can't possibly compete with big tech out of the US and Chinese subsidized state owned firms.
So the EU should bankroll large high tech enterprises and corporations too. He also said we should get a grip when it comes to migration. Percentage wise the numbers were still low for all of the EU and we need all that labor.
Another point he made is that the US will withdraw from Europe in the not so distant feature. Even if Trump doesn't get in, it doesn't make sense for the US to have a large military presence here if we refuse to return the favor and back them on Taiwan. There is also no sign that Germany will actually start to pull their weight for NATO. It is more likely that they will seek friendly relations with Russia again after the war.