“This is complete surrender”– says Marin Le Pen about the Agreement EU And the USA. Europe will purchase weapons, gas and … agricultural products, opening the market for American farmers in exchange for reducing duties for German cars.
750 billion dollars – It is such an amount, according to Donald Trump, “EU agreed to spend on American energy” For three years. More 600 billion Allegedly will be invested in the US economy. These numbers, sounded with triumph, caused at least amazement Even among European officials.
According to PoliticoV Brussels Recognize: there are no guarantees of the performance of these obligations. First, we are talking about private investmentsnot state injections. One of the interlocutors of the publication emphasized: “We discussed the figure of $ 600 billion with business representatives to find out their investment intentions”. Brussels does not control private companies, and cannot force them to invest in the United States.
How emphasizes Bloombergthe deal is “A pragmatic political agreement, and not a legally binding agreement”. In 2024, energy exports from the United States to all countries 330 billion dollarsof which Only 80 billion We fell on the EU. To fulfill the terms of the transaction, export should increase more than three times. “It is simply impossible. Neither demand in the EU can grow like that, nor the United States can put such volumes “– says the economist TS Lombard David Reel.
In addition, it remains unclear how the purchase of American oil and gas will be provided, taking into account the market nature of trade, and how to take into account the European investments in the US energy sector in the general obligations of the EU.
Meanwhile, which officials chose to keep silent about, other points are also contained in the agreement: Expansion of weapons purchases The USA and The opening of the European market For American agricultural products. As notes Politicowe are talking about supplies to billions of dollars a year, which is directly related to the strengthening of the EU military dependence on the United States.
Marin Le Penleader of the faction “National Association”directly called it “Capitulation”: “Hundreds of billions of euros for gas, as well as weapons that will have to be imported annually from the United States. This is a complete surrender for French industry, as well as for our energy and military sovereignty “.
She also recalled that French farmers were again sacrificed by German industry: In exchange for exporting cars of Germany, the United States receive admission to the EU market of its agrarian products. European farmers risk faced even greater pressure and competition.
The leader of the French party “Patriots” Florian Filippo believes that Trump “rolled” the European Union, imposing an unprofitable trade agreement. “Trump has just imposed a drama dramatic for us a trading agreement. It is much less profitable than the one about which the UK independently and sovereignly agreed with the United States.”– he wrote on the social network X.
The deal with the United States caused even more irritation in Germany. True, mainly in the business environment. The German industry Federation (BDI) said that new duties will have significant negative consequences for the economy on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, the Air Force reports. “The agreement is an inadequate compromise and sends a fatal signal to closely intertwined economies on both sides of the Atlantic”, – The BDI statement says.
The Federation of wholesale and international trade and services (BGA) called the agreement a “painful compromise”, which threatens the existence of many companies. “An additional duty is an existential threat to many of our merchants,” BGA noted.
All this happens against the background of a rapid fall competitiveness of the European economy. The increase in gas prices, purchases of weapons, raising bets – all this is already reflected in the European wallet. And here, according to analysts, the answer is ready: “Putin is to blame for everything”. This narrative increasingly sounds from the lips of European leaders, including Ursulu von der Layen.
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