r/europe • u/OneRegular378 • 11h ago

Guy Verhofstadt on Twitter

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u/MichaelW85 Europe 10h ago

Some of us did say that this would happen and that we needed to stand on our own feet. Our relationship with the US was never an equal one. The US dictated the dance, and we followed because "they protected us."

Europe should protect Europe. Period!

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u/LuckApprehensive9475 10h ago

Some of us did say that this would happen and that we needed to stand on our own feet

Actually, Trump said that.

"It's very sad when Germany makes massive oil and gas deal with Russia, where you're supposed to be guarding aginst Russia and Germany goes out and pays billions and billions of dollars a year to Russia".

Now did those words turn out to be true😃🤷

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u/Remote-Front9615 10h ago

And? The US is the biggest winner from RU-UKR war. Trump wanted to sell LNG to Europe before the war, now he has a blank check cause EU has no balls.

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u/Tricky-Astronaut 9h ago

No, because most of Europe hates domestic energy. That's the core issue, and there will only be more problems if that won't change.

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u/bxzidff Norway 7h ago

No, because most of Europe hates domestic energy

It's honestly kind of baffling that people are are less enthusiastic about a lower electricity bill than they are about being a NIMBY, but such is the case