.@ecfr (with YouGov) has done a poll in 11 European countries on their view of the US.
Some results (thread) ecfr.eu/publication/th…
54% of Europeans* think that "the world is in a worse place because of Trump's presidency". 18% disagree.
*11 countries polled: Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, Spain, Sweden, UK.
32% of Europeans among the countries polled say that "after voting for Trump, Americans cannot be trusted". 27% disagree.
Support for this statement is *by far* the highest in Germany, with 53% (!) saying Americans cannot be trusted, and only 15% disagreeing.
Broad agreement among Europeans that who the US president is matters *a lot* - 68% of Europeans think the identity of the US president significantly affects European relationship with the US.
A majority of Europeans believe the US' political system is broken.
Important differences though: a whopping 81% of Brits believe so - but only 28% of Hungarians and 24% of Poles.
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Once again, the #SPD, days before a decision was to be taken, is backtracking on the procurement of armed #drones. The claim: there hasn't been enough debate.
A thread showing *how utterly absurd* this claim is.*
(*No you don't need to support armed drones to acknowledge this)
In 2013 I was a fresh-faced PhD student. I wrote👇about the German debate on armed drones. At this time, the then-defence minister had argued for drones, high-ranking officers supported the idea. The Bundestag’s defence committee first discussed the issue blog.politics.ox.ac.uk/discussing-the…
2014, my PhD advances, the German #drone debate not so much.
I comment: "There is one military topic, however, which has been discussed repeatedly and heatedly over the last few years: whether the German Bundeswehr should procure armed ‘drones’." isnblog.ethz.ch/technology/the…
Oh come on @faznet !!! “AKK stands up to Macron”, rejects his idea of European autonomy.’
Talk about a straw man! AKK has rejected an interpretation of European autonomy that Macron never made. faz.net/aktuell/politi…
"Despite sharp criticism from French President Emmanuel Macron, AKK stuck to her position that Europe could not defend itself for the foreseeable future without the US."
What Macron actually said: "But the United States will only respect us as allies if we are earnest, and if we are sovereign with respect to our defence." geopolitique.eu/en/macron-gran…
If you want to watch @akk's key address on German security and defence policy - live stream (in German) pscp.tv/w/1ynKOBLBlbrxR
She's emphasising verrrry strongly how important the role of the US in Europe still is.
AKK: "The idea of European strategic autonomy goes too far if it nurtures the illusion that we can guarantee security, stability and prosperity in Europe without NATO and without the USA."
I agree that the term is (deliberately) vague - from the 'European Army' to 'Brexit', the EU has always used vague terms which allowed countries with different views to rally behind them.
But I think the authors miss an important point when they describe European autonomy just as "inward-looking".
Because I have observed an important uptick of debate about the geopolitics of Europe exactly because of the autonomy/sovereignty discussion.