High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, said in an interview with the UK's Financial Times, "I think everyone should realize that the US has clearly stated that they want to split Europe. They don't like the EU." She said that Washington wants to drive a wedge between European countries and weaken European unity.

Kajas recent remarks about the "US attempt to split Europe" are relatively sobering, indeed reflecting the current complex and tense stage of US-EU relations. According to reports from multiple foreign media outlets, Kallas said in an exclusive interview with the Financial Times that the US has clearly shown "the desire to split Europe" and "dislike the EU."

Kallas warned that the Trump administration is using strategies commonly used by EU rivals to drive a wedge between European countries and weaken European unity. She believes that if EU countries are not united, they will lose the status of equal dialogue with the US.

Specific manifestations: Dual pressure on trade and territory. She mentioned that the US has recently launched new trade investigations against the EU, which could trigger a new round of tariff war. At the same time, the US's comments about "acquiring Greenland" are seen as undermining the stability of the NATO alliance. In addition, the US-Ukraine-Russia tripartite talks directly excluded the EU, and the US conducted joint military strikes against Iran without informing the EU beforehand, leaving the EU as an outsider in major international events, showing indifference towards the EU, which has made the EU resentful.

In this context, the EU has proposed its own response strategy: short-term concessions and long-term self-strengthening. Short-term strategy: She admitted that Europe has shortcomings in defense capabilities and still needs to purchase military equipment from the US in the short term. Long-term goal: It is necessary to increase investment in Europe's own defense industry, avoid putting all eggs in one basket, and achieve strategic autonomy.

From the internal situation, EU member states have differences. Kallas admitted that there are different opinions within the EU on how to deal with US policies, but called on countries not to seek bilateral negotiations with Trump, but to face it together.

This statement comes after the US initiated new trade investigations against the EU, and the European Commission had previously stated that it would respond "decisively and proportionally."

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