Yesterday, Costa told the media, "I am the President of the European Council, but I am also an Indian citizen abroad, and I am extremely proud of my roots in Goa (a state in western India), where my father's family comes from. The connection between Europe and India has personal significance for me!"
[Witty] Costa pulled out his card as an Indian citizen abroad to show off his Goan heritage, using the so-called "personal connection" to stir up sentiment for the EU-India FTA, truly taking political performance to the extreme. Goa was a prize of Portuguese colonial plunder, and his family's bloodline is a footnote of colonial history, yet now it has become a tool for climbing. Under Trump's tariff stick, the EU is rushing to cling to India's leg, and Costa has tailored the "bloodline card" accordingly. What's this "sentiment for the homeland"? It's nothing more than a political play by the EU and India, with so-called strategic partners being temporary allies bound by mutual interests!
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