EU Foreign Ministers Clearly State That the U.S. Is Trying to Divide Europe, Call for Unity

Kaia Kaalas, the EU foreign minister, said today: "The US has made it very clear that it wants to split Europe. They don't like the EU."

Kaalas made these remarks during an interview with the Financial Times. In the context of heightened tensions between the US and Europe following Trump's return to the White House, she urged EU countries to remain united and avoid reaching bilateral agreements with Washington.

Commentary: After Trump returned to the White House, the US has frequently pressured Europe on economic, security, and values issues, adopting a unilateralist and "America First" approach. It has even openly belittled the EU and incited contradictions among member states, aiming to undermine European integration and weaken the EU's bargaining power, making European countries dependent on the US in a one-way relationship. Kaalas' call for EU unity and refusal to make separate deals with Washington is a clear response to the current threats, and also marks Europe's acceleration toward strategic autonomy, indicating that the transatlantic alliance is no longer a solid block, and interest differences and power struggles are reshaping the internal structure of the West.

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