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Merkel: Europe 'can no longer rely on allies'
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Pelle Svanslös
May 28, 2017, 1:27:20 PM5/28/17
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Europe can no longer "completely depend" on the US and UK following the
election of President Trump and Brexit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel
says.
Mrs Merkel said she wanted friendly relations with both countries as
well as Russia but Europe now had to "fight for its own destiny".
It follows the G7's failure to commit to the 2015 Paris climate deal,
talks Mrs Merkel said were "very difficult".
President Trump has said he will make a decision in the coming week.
"The times in which we could completely depend on others are on the way
out. I've experienced that in the last few days," Mrs Merkel told a
crowd at an election rally in Munich, southern Germany.
The BBC's Damien McGuinness, in Berlin, says the comments are a sign of
growing assertiveness within the EU.
The relationship between Berlin and new French President Emmanuel Macron
had to be a priority, Mrs Merkel said.
Earlier the German leader had described the "six against one" discussion
about the Paris Accord during the G7 summit in Sicily as "very
difficult, not to say very unsatisfactory".
Mr Trump said he would abandon the Paris deal - the world's first
comprehensive climate agreement requiring countries to cut carbon
emission - during his election campaign and has also expressed doubts
about climate change.
Speaking in Brussels last week, Mr Trump also told Nato members to spend
more money on defence and did not re-state his administration's
commitment to Nato's mutual security guarantees.
BBC Defence and Diplomatic Correspondent Jonathan Marcus says the mere
fact that this is even in question shows just how uneasy the
relationship is between Mr Trump and the organisation of which his
country is the leading member.
While in Belgium Mr Trump also reportedly described German trade
practices as "bad, very bad", complaining that Europe's largest economy
sells too many cars to the US.
The US president has described his visit to Europe as a "great success
for America" with "big results".
Polls in Germany say Mrs Merkel is on course to be re-elected for a
fourth term as German chancellor at elections in September.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40078183
election of President Trump and Brexit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel
says.
Mrs Merkel said she wanted friendly relations with both countries as
well as Russia but Europe now had to "fight for its own destiny".
It follows the G7's failure to commit to the 2015 Paris climate deal,
talks Mrs Merkel said were "very difficult".
President Trump has said he will make a decision in the coming week.
"The times in which we could completely depend on others are on the way
out. I've experienced that in the last few days," Mrs Merkel told a
crowd at an election rally in Munich, southern Germany.
The BBC's Damien McGuinness, in Berlin, says the comments are a sign of
growing assertiveness within the EU.
The relationship between Berlin and new French President Emmanuel Macron
had to be a priority, Mrs Merkel said.
Earlier the German leader had described the "six against one" discussion
about the Paris Accord during the G7 summit in Sicily as "very
difficult, not to say very unsatisfactory".
Mr Trump said he would abandon the Paris deal - the world's first
comprehensive climate agreement requiring countries to cut carbon
emission - during his election campaign and has also expressed doubts
about climate change.
Speaking in Brussels last week, Mr Trump also told Nato members to spend
more money on defence and did not re-state his administration's
commitment to Nato's mutual security guarantees.
BBC Defence and Diplomatic Correspondent Jonathan Marcus says the mere
fact that this is even in question shows just how uneasy the
relationship is between Mr Trump and the organisation of which his
country is the leading member.
While in Belgium Mr Trump also reportedly described German trade
practices as "bad, very bad", complaining that Europe's largest economy
sells too many cars to the US.
The US president has described his visit to Europe as a "great success
for America" with "big results".
Polls in Germany say Mrs Merkel is on course to be re-elected for a
fourth term as German chancellor at elections in September.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40078183
TT
May 28, 2017, 1:35:40 PM5/28/17
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Pelle Svanslös kirjoitti 28.5.2017 klo 20:27:
> The US president has described his visit to Europe as a "great success
> for America" with "big results".
Angry bald guy slaughters Trump:
> The US president has described his visit to Europe as a "great success
> for America" with "big results".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywLtsxpqFWE
calim...@gmx.de
May 28, 2017, 2:32:08 PM5/28/17
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The orange clown will be gone in 4 years, maybe sooner.
And the UK will be back in the EU in some form within the next 10 years.
Max
PeteWasLucky
May 28, 2017, 7:48:32 PM5/28/17
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And so do Americans.
bob
May 28, 2017, 9:25:56 PM5/28/17
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pacts that your gov't supports. sounds very inconsistent and
"nationalistic."
bob
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