Merkel urges Europe to step up to Trump’s new world order

[Peter1469]

Merkel urges Europe to step up to Trump’s new world order


Now that she survived her last election, she is shifting back into her globalist mindset.

Chancellor Angela Merkel made a forceful pitch for Europe to play a more assertive role in global affairs as U.S. President Donald Trump dismantles the post-World War II order, setting the stage for a potential tense standoff at the Group of Seven summit this week.

The German leader again questioned the durability of trans-Atlantic relations by referring to eye-raising comments she made over a year ago in which she said that “the times when we could fully rely on others are to some extent over.” Those words, spoken at a beer-tent election rally, were a reaction to Trump hectoring European leaders for not spending enough on defense at a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Brussels. Since then, more fuel has been added to the fire.








“That was my takeaway from the NATO summit, and in the meantime I continue to feel confirmed by my statement,” Merkel said in Munich on Wednesday, this time to a meeting of the European People’s Party, a grouping of center-right parties in the European Parliament.





In addition to the disruptive effects of the rift in NATO and Trump’s exit from the Paris global climate treaty, Merkel pointed to the fresh conflict over trade and the U.S. leader’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear accord last month.





“All of that confirms the assessment that the world is being reorganized,” Merkel told the EPP.





The German chancellor has taken a firmer stance leading up to the two-day G-7 gathering in Canada, which starts Friday. Earlier on Wednesday, Europe’s most experienced government leader vowed to challenge Trump on trade and climate, saying the lack of room for compromise means leaders may fail to agree on a final statement.





Trump’s “America First” doctrine shows that “we have a serious problem with multilateral agreements,” Merkel told German lawmakers, adding that failure to reach common ground could lead to the highly unusual step of host Canada issuing a concluding statement not agreed to by all participants.

Europe needs the US more than the US need Europe. And Europe can't afford to defend itself. Merkel has a losing hand.

[Ransom]

Why not you Europeans allow Germany a military once again? You know, to defend herself. Take on more the role of security or send Germans in to sweep out al-Qaeda camps.

[Ransom]

I mean, this Merkel has to admit, Europe has never been more secure than with German management and what not. Trains ran on time. Very few vagrants, gypsies, no homeless. Streets were clean, the only drug addicts were in the government.

And they had a colorful flag, remember!

[Captdon]

Why not you Europeans allow Germany a military once again? You know, to defend herself. Take on more the role of security or send Germans in to sweep out al-Qaeda camps.

They don't want to have to learn to speak German and goosestep.