Tariffs on EU goods just announced: 30% across the board, probably higher in some sectors.
Being nice, giving up the digital tax, did not achieve anything for Europe. Intelligent retaliation is of the essence, even if it leads to dangerous economic and geopolitical waters in the short run (yes, the Trump administration may double up, until it retreats).
Intelligent retaliation means something quite different from the uniform US tariff (which is probably as bad for the US as it is for Europe): It means going, product by product, for what hurts most (politically or economicall) and hurts the EU least.
Oue dear friend and talented #AFP photographer #YasinAkgül is in jail in Turkey just because he was doing his job: covering demos in Istanbul and scoring✨ #SetHimFree 📷📸
"Le danger se rapproche de nous à grande vitesse": le chef de l'Otan met en garde contre la menace russe https://t.co/cImiuf1ODk via @BFMTV ; @afpfr ; @obaube ; @maxdelany
Face à la menace russe, l'UE doit investir 500 milliards sur dix ans, juge le commissaire européen https://t.co/4lEoAtqU9p. @obaube , @maxdelany , @afpfr
"It may be the military who win battles, it's the economies that win wars" (...) So, supporting Ukraine, "will take away some of our luxuries. It will require sacrifice" : @CMC_NATO at @epc_eu
#1000days since #Russia began its full-scale invasion of #Ukraine 🇺🇦. Tonight the main buildings of the #EU institutions 🇪🇺 showed the Ukrainian flag as a symbol of continuous support. #StrongerTogether
🇺🇦 The @EUCouncil has confirmed its agreement to use windfall profits from Russia’s immobilised assets to support #Ukraine’s military self-defence and reconstruction in the context of the Russian aggression.
Ursula von der Leyen lance un avertissement avant son voyage à Pékin: l'UE ne tolérera pas indéfiniment un déséquilibre de ses échanges avec la Chine https://t.co/mZagmzwJOf via @LorientLeJour ; @afpfr
Grand-Duché de Luxembourg : Jean Asselborn, ministre des Affaires étrangères et figure de la diplomatie européenne, quitte la scène https://t.co/8KUVPu2ZJA
Beaucoup, beaucoup d'émotion ce soir pour @ArmanSoldin. Je revois encore sa bouille de jeune journaliste débarquant dans le bureau de l'AFP à Rome où son sourire radieux, son enthousiasme nous ont tout de suite embarqués. Sa joie de vivre était irrésistible ...