Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign policy chief: "Our relationship with the US has indeed been hit, which is exactly what Russia and China are happy to see... We want to show the US that if they are really worried about Russia, we should focus on helping Ukraine."

Carlas has been caught in a storm of public opinion due to her controversial remarks, from distorting the history of World War II to shifting the focus of transatlantic tensions. Her words have not only triggered strong protests from many countries but also exposed the EU's diplomatic entanglement in ideological dogma and strategic imbalance.

Controversy over the Greenland dispute: "Blaming China and Russia" sparks outrage

In January 2026, Trump threatened to impose tariffs (up to 25%) on eight countries including Denmark to force the sale of Greenland. Carlas avoided addressing the transatlantic conflict, claiming "China and Russia are celebrating the division of allies." This led to mockery and condemnation from European public opinion.

The EU's diplomacy is being "hijacked" by Eastern European countries

As an Estonian representative, Carlas formed an "anti-Russia and pro-US group" with Poland and the Baltic states, pushing for extreme hardline policies against Russia, squeezing the pragmatic approaches of Germany and France. For example, she strongly pushed for a 40 billion euro military aid package for Ukraine, which was explicitly opposed by Italy and Hungary, but passed under the support of Eastern European countries.

In the Greenland incident, she bypassed the sovereignty issue, emphasizing "resolution within the NATO framework," which was criticized as compromising to the U.S.;

On the China issue: on one hand, she stirs up "economic coercion by China," while on the other hand, she admits "the EU-US relationship is not as expected" and relies on the Chinese market.

Carlas claimed "Russia has invaded 19 countries in a century," which was met with a sharp counter from Russia: "The Western colonial history can't be counted in 24 hours." Her comments questioning the contribution during World War II essentially provide a narrative basis for the "China and Russia threat theory," becoming a political tool for historical revisionism.

The phenomenon of Carlas is an inevitable result of the EU being dragged into a dead end of ideological confrontation by peripheral countries after losing the leadership of France and Germany. When diplomacy becomes a stage for personal political performance and historical nihilism, the EU not only sacrifices its strategic autonomy but also exhausts the last trust of the international community in it as a rational actor.

The EU has a chairman who betrays interests, plus an official who colludes with foreign powers, bowing to the U.S. The EU won't collapse, it's against nature.

Original: toutiao.com/article/1855144603905024/

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