A flailing economy has left the EU exposed to Trumpian outbursts
Live MintGiven the plethora of crises the European Union has faced in the past 15 years or so—from the euro-zone miasma to those on migration, Brexit, the pandemic, then the war in Ukraine and an ensuing energy-price spike—it can be hard to know when one emergency ended and the next began. At the start of the week—as long ago as it may seem—the focus in EU circles was on a “new and comprehensive horizontal strategy” for its flailing economy. If Mr Trump plans to, in effect, freeze China out of the global economy, as he sometimes suggests, Europe will also feel some of the impact as Chinese firms redirect their wares its way. Mr Trump’s political revival is all the more unwelcome to those who had hoped that Europe might seize a moment of quietude—the continuing war in Ukraine aside—to address those very economic woes. Perhaps the crisis triggered by the return of Mr Trump will be one of those that prompt Europe to ditch old shibboleths and move forward into ever-closer union.
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