Trump is scared of the EU

[JohnD]

A large and prosperous group of democratic nations, which is capable of protecting its citizens as consumers and taxpayers, by requiring even billionaires and multinationals to pay some tax, and imposing standards of product safety, environmental protection, worker protection, and banking regulation.

No wonder he and his oligarchs spend their time attacking Europe.

 

[Notch7]

No wonder he and his oligarchs spend their time attacking Europe.

why does Musk, Farage, Truss etc all work with the far right like Afd?

A = because they cant attack Europe directly, because its a rules based organisation


Putins strategy is to destabilise the EU
Trump strategy is to destabilise the EU
Farages strategy is to destabilise the EU

 

[JohnD]

Amazon? Responsibility?

Sounds un-American.

"Andy Bounds in Brussels
FEBRUARY 1 2025

"The EU plans to make ecommerce platforms such as Temu, Shein and Amazon Marketplace liable for dangerous or illegal products sold online, in a crackdown on the flood of imports from China.

According to a draft proposal seen by the Financial Times, customs reforms would oblige online platforms to provide data before goods arrive in the EU, allowing officials to better control and inspect packages. The proposal comes amid concerns about the rise in dangerous and counterfeit goods shipped from Asia directly to European customers.

Currently, any individual in the EU who purchases goods online is treated as the importer for customs purposes. But the reforms, if adopted, would switch the responsibility to the platforms."

FT.com

 

[JohnD]

"...Under the reforms, online retailers would have to “collect the relevant duty and VAT” and “ensure the compliance of the goods with other EU requirements”. The proposal also abolishes a current exemption for goods worth less than €150 from paying duty, making them subject to customs checks.

Customs data from the 27 national authorities will be pooled and a new central EU customs authority (EUCA) set up, according to the draft. The document is still being discussed internally and could change before publication on February 5."

Bezos must be fuming.

 

[JohnD]

"Commercially, the EU is already a power to be reckoned with. It’s an enormous market for Trump’s tech bro executives. When the EU chooses to (it often does not), it can act autonomously around the world, pursue its interests vigorously and, in particular, regulate its home market as it sees fit. That matters for the tech industry more than most..."

"... But do not minimise the push to defang Europe’s regulatory sovereignty for the benefit of US tech. It is the most consistent talking point among Trump’s henchmen.

Why does Europe matter so much to them? Partly, of course, because it’s easier to make money if you can sell the same extractive services to European consumers as you have already inflicted on American ones. Politically, because it replicates the enormously powerful tools to influence voters that Trump’s camp has built in the US.

But it is also because the European insistence that tech developments must be done in ways that respect consumers and citizens encourages the development of alternatives. America’s Big Tech often decries European regulation with the argument that the EU’s heavy-handed rules kill innovation in Europe. But if that were true, what would they have to complain about? The lack of innovation in Europe would reduce competition against them."

Martin Sandbu
yesterday
FT.com

 

[JohnD]

"... If, contrary to what they say, Europe’s tech regulations are necessary (if not sufficient) conditions for alternative products and technologies to emerge, Big Tech’s visceral opposition makes more sense. It is a sign that Europe is on the right track. It should plough on rather than be deflected.

The EU and its member states should, in a perverse sense, be flattered. The insults and belittling aside, they have been designated the most serious adversary of Trump’s Maga world, one that must be defanged first. Europe should embrace the paradox that Trump and his cronies hold the EU in greater esteem than Europeans themselves, and prove itself a worthy adversary."

 

[Odds]

The Far Right had a good run in the German election but still failed to gain power...first time i've been happy to see a Conservative party win power. They've called for re-establishing relations with Russia and lobbying for the restoration of their gas pipeline. Newsweek.com.

 

[denso13]

They've called for re-establishing relations with Russia and lobbying for the restoration of their gas pipeline.

Trump promised Poo tin he would get Europe to back down, happily that one hasn't worked.

 

[Odds]

Tante Merkel's project to establish closer economic ties with Russia was a good idea, in theory, but the American's wouldn't profit from a stronger Europe taking a shift way from their market share. America didn't want Europe to move away from them for a number of good reasons.

 

[ellal]

Putins strategy is to destabilise the EU
Trump strategy is to destabilise the EU

As for 'Krasnov', there is more than a whiff of the traitor around the 'leader of the free world'...

But you also helped destabilise the EU with your vote 9 years ago...

Bit by bit the realities of what the brexiteers called 'project fear' are coming true!

Another major war in Europe is coming!

 

[ellal]

And this is hardly a surprise!

"A former leader of Reform UK in Wales agreed to receive money to make statements “benefiting” the Russian narrative on Ukraine while serving as an MEP, a court has been told.

Details of the allegations against Nathan Gill, who served as a member of the European parliament for Ukip and later the Brexit party from 2014 to 2020, were laid out at Westminster magistrates court on Monday.

Police stopped him at Manchester airport on 13 September 2021 after he had been “tasked” on at least eight occasions to make specific statements in the European parliament and to news outlets concerning Ukraine, the court heard.

Reading the charges to the court, Richard Link, a Crown Prosecution Service solicitor, said Gill stood accused of accepting payment to “make statements [which] had a particular narrative that would have been seen to benefit Russia in relation to events in Ukraine at the time”.

 

[JohnD]

Reform

Ukip

Brexit

Scoundrel

Do we still hang traitors?

 

[Odds]

Scoundrel

Do we still hang traitors?

Americans elect them as President.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

And this is hardly a surprise!

"A former leader of Reform UK in Wales agreed to receive money to make statements “benefiting” the Russian narrative on Ukraine while serving as an MEP, a court has been told.

Details of the allegations against Nathan Gill, who served as a member of the European parliament for Ukip and later the Brexit party from 2014 to 2020, were laid out at Westminster magistrates court on Monday.

Police stopped him at Manchester airport on 13 September 2021 after he had been “tasked” on at least eight occasions to make specific statements in the European parliament and to news outlets concerning Ukraine, the court heard.

Reading the charges to the court, Richard Link, a Crown Prosecution Service solicitor, said Gill stood accused of accepting payment to “make statements [which] had a particular narrative that would have been seen to benefit Russia in relation to events in Ukraine at the time”.

Let's see what punishment he gets

 

[JohnD]

In the event that he's found guilty.