Josep Borrell, nekdanji visoki predstavnik EU za zunanje zadeve in varnostno politiko (in avtor sramotne izjave o Evropi kot oazi in preostalem svetu kot džungli), se je po prenehanju svoje funkcije zbudil in začel razmišljati. Ali pa govoriti, česar si prej ni upal javno izreči. Zdaj je aktiven na Twitterju in kot kolumnist in predvsem zelo kritičen do evropske zunanje in varnostne politike. Odkrito govori o evropskem podrejenem, vazalnem položaju do ZDA, o škodljivosti 5 % davka na Nato in o nujnosti prenehanja izraelskega genocida v Gazi. Govori kot vsak trezno razmišljujoč inteligenten posameznik. Pozno. Ampak bolje pozno kot nikoli.
The recent NATO summit in The Hague and European Council meeting in Brussels, together with the strikes on Iran, are another reminder of the growing subordination of European foreign policy to the dictates of the White House. Broadly speaking, the European approach appears to have been to remain passive, accompanied by the odd expression of delight at the attack on Iran, and acceptance of the magical figure of 5% of GDP on defence spending in order to avert greater harm everywhere else. Yet in return this has not secured staunch support for Ukraine, nor has there been an easing of the trade war (quite the opposite), nor has it obtained any commitment on the application of Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, which the President of the United States dispatched with an offhand “it depends”.
Meanwhile, Trump continues to support the Europhobic ultraright, to the point that the future of European defence compels us to wonder whether capitulation at The Hague was worth it.
Let’s look at it from different angles.

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