European Council President: EU faces collapse if it follows Trump's course

The European Union faces collapse and disintegration if it continues to follow the course pursued by the US President Donald Trump administration. European Council President António Costa warned EU leaders of this, Bloomberg reports, citing sources.

The head of the European Council made the corresponding statement during yesterday's EU summit in Cyprus. According to sources familiar with the summit's negotiations, Costa told EU leaders that they cannot turn a blind eye to the fact that US interests no longer align with those of Europe.

European Council President António Costa has warned EU leaders that the bloc will be lost if it hands over key decision-making to US President Donald Trump.

To support his position, the head of the European Council cited differences with the US's actions in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the US-Israeli war in Iran, and Trump's position on Ukraine. According to Costa, the EU must self-organize and develop an autonomous approach to protecting its interests.

Transatlantic relations have deteriorated since Trump's rise to power. Washington launched a trade war with the bloc, threatened to annex Greenland, an autonomous territory of EU member Denmark, and mulled the idea of ​​withdrawing security guarantees from NATO allies.

The recent US National Security Strategy states that Washington will encourage "resistance to Europe's current course within European countries," which many perceived as a tacit offer of support to far-right parties within the EU. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius described the US strategy as a "divorce document" between Washington and Europe.

At the same summit, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen separately informed EU leaders that if the Strait of Hormuz does not open soon, rising energy prices will have a long-term negative impact on economic growth and inflation in the region. According to eyewitnesses, Costa emphasized the importance of restoring shipping in the Persian Gulf.

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[rocket757]

They might try, but it's expensive... their whole European "unity" might end there.
However, anything can happen, only time will dot all the i's

[Shurik70]

It's probably too late already.
You can't bring back the Tolma emigrants.
Most of them can't be pulled off.
This means that a Great European Caliphate will exist in the place of the current EU. Not right now, but in about thirty years. But it will exist.
The Arabs will not accept European values ​​and will not be imbued with their culture.
And this can no longer be undone.

[Terenin]

Quote: Shurik70

Not right now, in about thirty years.

Much faster.
The law of acceleration of historical development.

[rocket757]

How the Chinese fought against invaders in the past...
The process is called assimilation, it is when the "conquerors" adopt the way of life, laws, etc., from those they conquered and voila, everything returns to what it was before the conquest!
How it will turn out in Europe, who knows...

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: rocket757

The process is called assimilation.

As historical experience shows, Europeans "become Arabs (Indians, Chinese, etc.)"—that is, adopt their habits and way of life—much faster than Arabs become Europeans. Or rather, Arabs become Europeans only in the most exceptional cases.

In this regard, I consider the question of whether a “European Caliphate” will be created closed.
The only question left is "when".

[rocket757]

By the way, assimilation works BOTH WAYS!
And the possibility that Gayropa could become a caliphate is not excluded.

[Reptiloid]

Greetings Victor

Quote: rocket757

By the way, assimilation works BOTH WAYS!
And the possibility that Gayropa could become a caliphate is not excluded.

This process has been going on for a long time. Turks started coming to Germany in the 50s and 60s. As they did to Austria, I suppose. Muslims have also been coming to France, one way or another, since Napoleon's time. And the fact that the birth rates of the hosts and the newcomers differ also plays a role.

[rocket757]

Hi Dmitry
Labor migration has always existed; the process was more or less normalized; government agencies exercised appropriate control, and they managed...
But the migration of recent years is something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT and does not lend itself to any kind of control, normalization, and... in general, everything can lead to reverse assimilation...
It is unlikely that the indigenous population of the countries of Gayropoe will be able to preserve themselves in the form of which they were so proud...

[Reptiloid]

In the past, workers in Europe would go on strike, go on strike. Migrants didn't participate. That is, in defiance of the labor movement. The erosion of the proletariat from within. Now, one could say it's a general erosion of the population. England is rarely mentioned in connection with migrants, but this process of replacing whites is most intense there. And our migrant program is from there.

[rocket757]

The problem with those who hope it will resolve itself is that they don't want to thoroughly understand the situation that already exists and won't get any better...

[Reptiloid]

Nothing will happen on its own. If 25 years ago and earlier, migrants were poor and didn't bring their families here, now it's the opposite.

[rocket757]

It will get to the point where locals and outsiders will switch roles...

[Reptiloid]

I don't understand why, but English scientists They found honorary Muslim ancestors in the Queen of England. And they have Muslims in the House of Lords.

[rocket757]

It seems like everyone goes crazy in their own way, but there are exceptions, mass madness... Those are their problems, we should stay away from them, that's the most sensible solution.

[Murmur 55]

This one is amazing, how many Costas and Callas decide to feed the trough, that's why he squeals like in a pigsty, the loudest one is the one that was pushed away from the trough.

[Clear]

The EU is facing collapse

An analogy for Euromorons.
"The anticipation of death is worse than death itself."

[Nikolay Ivanov_5]

The EU's war against Russia in Ukraine should have entered a heated phase long ago; stop equating this situation with peace. Negotiating with the EU's ruling criminals is pointless.

[Nikolay Ivanov_5]

Following the decision taken by Brussels in early 2026, according to which the staff of the permanent mission of Russia to the EU should be reduced to 40 employees, ours should have severed diplomatic ties and begun planning a nuclear strike due to their participation against us in the actual war in Ukraine.

[Nikolay Ivanov_5]

How long can the actual EU war against Russia be called a proxy?

[carpenter]

Quote: Clear

"The anticipation of death is worse than death itself."

But death is inevitable...

[Deaf]

"Down to the ground." A revelation. The US has been drowning the EU and Europe for a decade now. And it just occurred to them.

[Arthur Grudinin]

I'm still amazed that there are so many reasonable comments on VO, unlike the infamous Reporter. I wish they'd block the Ukrainians there, or better yet, block the website. They have nothing sensible to say there except criticize the Russian Federation.

[Goroches]

Birds of a feather, and the users are more or less the same

[Jsem_CZEKO68]

Nacistických vůdců EU není škoda!! Každý stát Evropy se musí samostatně začít starat sám o sebe, není možné se spoléhat na nacisty v EU. Což jsme poznali za Covidu, kdy si jeden stát objednal letadlo s rouškama, ale Německo zboží ukradlo ČR! A tak bylo se vším.

[Jsem_CZEKO68]

There's nothing shameful about having Nazi leaders in the EU! Every European country must start looking after itself; we can't rely on Nazis in the EU. We saw this for ourselves during the COVID-19 pandemic, when one country ordered a planeload of masks, and Germany stole the goods from the Czech Republic! And so it will be with everything else.

[tralflot1832]

The EU is reminiscent of the USSR later. Costa - I have two pieces of news for you - good and bad. I'll start with the good. (You know the rest). Europe's weak link for them is Norway and England. They will strip the Europeans of their oil and gas. Nothing personal, just business. Long live "green energy" in the EU, migrants of the world unite in the EU - in the Garden of Eden. Only 40 years have passed since the global upheaval - the collapse of the USSR. And someone has become greedy during this time.

[Nikolay Ivanov_5]

Oh, how clearly it can be seen in the photo of swollen European politicians.

[Couch analyst]

You have little choice, idiots. Either follow Trump's course or that of the Kyiv stub.

[snow mountain]

Quote: rocket757

The process is called assimilation, which is when the "conquerors" adopt the way of life, laws, etc., from those they conquered.

These will never take over anything.