Macron, Merkel, Abe, Trump | © Council of the EUThe decision of President Donald Trump to take the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, from the Pacific trade partnership, the re-negotiation of the North-American free trade agreement, then the introduction of tariffs on aluminium and steel, including against the until recently cl ...
Angela Merkel | © BundesregierungAmerican President Donald Trump's first international tour made a lot of headlines. His visit to Europe was anticipated with special interest and attention. His illiberal domestic approach from his very first day in office bred some serious concerns in the EU. The brightest examples of it were t ...
Vera Jourova | © European Parliament
The first report for the year of the Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Věra Jourová (Czech Republic, ALDE) to the responsible Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs Committee in the European Parliament was dominated by questions on whether the new American Pres ...
Donald Trump. Barack Obama | © White House
It was not until after the USA presidential elections that the EU began to realise that it is left on its own, despite President Barack Obama trying to say it to his European partners on numerous occasions. Donald Trump’s victory is a great opportunity for the EU to deepen its integ ...
EU-US Summit | © Council of the EUPresident Obama came to Europe in a tough geopolitical moment for the continent to convey several very strong messages. One is to confirm that the US stands behind Europe. The second is that this now has a price. And the third is that the new geopolitical situation in Europe's neighbourhood is m ...
| © Council of the EUThe beginning that was put last month of the negotiations on an agreement for free trade between the United States and the European Union, which some press centres and media defined as the 'agreement of the 21st century', came with an ambition the relations between the two economic giants to re ...
| © EUFor years the United States have been calling on Europe to stop relying on American military power and to start taking care of its own security and foreign policy. A number of European politicians made similar appeals through the years, but the results today are again a turning introvert because ...
| © EUThere is a serious drooping lately at the EU-US summits. Last year it was caused, aside by the consequences from the crisis but also by the philosophical question - why after all do we need summits with the EU since it is not very clear who is talking on behalf of the Community. This year the su ...
| © European Commission- Audiovisual Services The United States and the EU are becoming lukewarm to each other but instead they are paying more attention to China. This is one of the main findings of the 10th annual Transatlantic Trends survey. The study, ordered by the US German Marshall Fund (GMF) and Compagnia di San Paolo was conducted ...
| © European UnionIn a moment when the fates of many euro area countries, but also of the United States and Japan are being defined by the credit rating agencies; in a moment when the developed world is not so sure whether it has exited the economic crisis, while the emerging markets score over and over; and in a ...
| © G20 South KoreaHumour in supreme diplomacy is not funny. It is usually a way to say something important without putting a focus on it. It is indeed used by the way in occasions when you know it will be appreciated properly. Such, for example, was the case with the joint press conference of the American Secreta ...
| © Audiovisual ServiceIf you want to send a message to the US, where else could you do this if not the Columbian University in New York. One of the most prestigious American universities - the first in the city and the fifth oldest in the US. Each year it hosts the World Leaders Forum, the aim of which is holding an ...
| © euinsideShould we divorce a partner whom we don't love anymore, with whom we even don't look in the same direction but still we feel safe with him or, more precisely, provided for by him? And is this the way we should analyse Transatlantic relations instead of the old way of the 20th century, when it wa ...
| © The Council of the European UnionWhen Herman Van Rompuy was elected to become the first European president, the first comments were, that an erudite haiku-poet had no chance to take the place in front of the spotlights of figures like Angela Merkel, who is self-contained, the vivid Nicolas Sarkozy or the Commission-man Jose Man ...
The conversations about the Transatlantic relations gradually transform into a discussion about to what extent Europe is an equal partner in these relations and what its weaknessея are due to. So far we talked about NATO's problems but also about the Transatlantic relations as a whole, where it ...
The United States intend to pour new energy into NATO because this is the only place where the US has the opportunity for joint actions with Europe. As I've mentioned before when saying Europe Washington does not mean the EU but any nation on the European continent, sharing momentary American in ...
