As Europeans, we must never forget too that the US government has never been a real ally: the EU is a pain in the ass for it
Historically, they completely opposed a political and social EU, and wanted France to abandon its nuclear arsenal as a chip in exchange for the USSR to abandon its own
The US completely opposed the euro as a currency, considering how much it equalised the playing field
Remember what happened when France and Germany refused to join in for the second Iraq war
The EU is not perfect, but very much perfectible: it absolutely can rival the US, & we can be better too
We just somehow need to wrangle the power away from the neolibs, and it could actually be force for good.
And I realise that the "just" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
Gosh we really do
My thoughts on this have been that this is why a federal European Union could work, as all the neoliberal commitments from the treaties would no longer be a concern and we could further integrate favourable policies, but it’s double-edged based on electorate alone
Jan 31, 2026 20:43Yeah, that's going to be tricky, but I hope it's possible.
I hope so too ! Imagine how peak it would be if that was pulled off
