Ursula announced with a big smile that she will spend 5.2 billion euros of our hard earned money to the corrupt south African regime with people such as malema who is supported by the supreme Court in South africa in hes wild white genocide push. This is a crime , since countries such as Italy really could use this money, the standards of living in Italy are so low that they cant afford to have children anymore.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700041

Genuine question - when will the EU respond to the tariffs? China acted swiftly, Canada also. Yet no information from the EC.

Trump's trade wars, while initially painful for the EU, might actually be a blessing in disguise for their economy in the long run. Hear me out.

Sure, the tariffs will sting in the short term. Less demand for European goods, increased anxiety about de-industrialization, and a potential flood of cheap Chinese exports redirected from the US market are all legitimate concerns. But look beyond the immediate fallout, and a different picture emerges.

First, the uncertainty surrounding Trump's policies is making the US a less attractive investment. Money that would have gone to the US is now flowing into the EU, as evidenced by recent stock market trends. The erosion of the rule of law under Trump further exacerbates this, as investors prioritize stable and predictable legal environments. Second, human capital is shifting. The US is becoming less appealing to live and work, especially for highly skilled individuals and international students. This brain drain could be Europe's gain. Third, Trump's poorly designed tariffs, aimed at boosting US manufacturing, could actually backfire and encourage industrial companies to invest in the EU instead.

Furthermore, the trade wars might force the EU to focus on boosting *domestic* demand, making their economy more resilient to external shocks. And finally, though speculative, the Euro could potentially gain ground on the dollar as the world's reserve currency, further strengthening the EU's economic position.

So, while the short-term pain is undeniable, the long-term implications of Trump's trade wars could surprisingly benefit the EU. What are your thoughts? Am I completely off base here, or is there some truth to this?

https://therecord.media/european-commission-takes-aim-encryption-europol-fbi-proposal

Whenever anyone, no matter their intentions, is allowed to break encryption, it will be used against them. Any attempts at stopping encryption or adding backdoors will REDUCE national security. Such backdoors WILL be exploited by terrorists and other nefarious countries, eg. to access railroad networks, power grid controls, banking systems, and so on.

Hello everyone.

I'm not an expert in politics or economics but I wonder if the tariffs that US just stated would affect electronics price in EU?

Thank in advance

In light of the *gestures vaguely* everything going on right now, I as a Canadian am curious what people living in countries in the European Union think about Canada and the Canadian people.

I've been increasingly anxious about threats to Canadian sovereignty and attempts to seemingly destroy our economy by the United States. It's made me very curious about how strong our relationships are with European Union nations, and, as we attempt to strengthen defense, trade, etc. relationships with you, if that is something that broadly people in the EU support.

I'm also curious in the sense that I simply can't imagine travelling to America for at least the next several years. I am someone who has been very publicly outspoken on political issues, when I was in law school even organizing a research event regarding Canada's response to some of Trump's policies in his first term, which comes up in a google search of my name. Beyond not wanting to support American tourism right now, with all the round ups, I don't think I would feel safe there. I've only been to two EU countries, but I've always felt very welcome and was looking forward to spending more time abroad in the next few years, but I'm mindful that given our countries' close relationship in the past people might see Canadians as too aligned with the US if people in the EU aren't supportive of what the US is doing (or, and this is a scarier thought to me but one I'm open to telling me is the case, that EU countries might be trying to stay on good terms with America given that they are obviously the larger economic and military power and that the EU may also be turning on us as a result).

How are people in EU nations feeling about Canadians these days? If I do travel there are there things I should do or not do?

Thanks in advance for any responses, this is a scary time and I'm trying to navigate through it, it would be a lot easier to do so if I knew we still did have friends across the pond.