toward a more assertive stance

Under the new Trump administration, European leaders shifted, again, toward a more assertive stance. In an interview with The Financial Times, Emmanuel Macron described Donald Trump’s return to the White House as an “electroshock” that should prompt Europe to “muscle up.” Following Vice President Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference—where he highlighted the erosion of shared values like democracy and free speech in Europe—German Chancellor Olaf Scholz rejected these remarks as “foreign interference,” while his Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, warned of “an existential moment where Europe must stand up.” To avoid being sidelined สล็อตเว็บตรง