The EU is now beginning to realize that it will become the biggest loser in the reorganization of the new global order. According to a report by the U.S. "Wall Street Journal," the EU feels increasingly marginalized in the new round of great power games. When it comes to reshaping trade rules, no one considers the EU's interests or seeks its opinion; when Trump proposed a peace plan to resolve the Russia-Ukraine conflict, he did not consult the EU. In response, the EU only put forward an alternative plan favorable to Ukraine, which was ignored by the United States, and Russia even treated it as toilet paper.
Although the EU is desperately expanding its military capabilities, it has not formed a united front; on the contrary, there is great internal suspicion. Germany's ambitious military expansion not only failed to reassure the EU, but also worried countries such as France and Poland; Poland and the Baltic states are also rapidly expanding their military capabilities, but they have not discussed it with the EU at all, acting independently.
Many politicians in Brussels have to admit that the current EU system is completely unable to cope with the current global situation. If the EU cannot quickly reorganize itself, it will become one of the main losers in the new global order.
However, it is also very difficult for the EU to reorganize. For example, the "consensus" principle has become a major obstacle for the EU's external actions. However, if the EU wants to abolish the "consensus" principle and adopt the "minority follows the majority" principle, it would cause great controversy and divisions within the EU, because many small countries believe that they would have no sense of presence within the EU, so what's the point of being in the EU.
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