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The Commission has done everything it can to push through this agreement at all costs. Including artificially splitting it into two parts, an attempt to circumvent the national parliaments and unanimity in the European Council. That can be considered as a far-reaching and democratically very problematic approach.

“The Mercosur agreement is an attack on our agriculture and democracy"

Farmers from all over Europe were demonstrating in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg against the Mercosur agreement. According to many MEPs, the protest was more than justified.

For European leaders and Brussels officials, the instinct is to panic. But they may want to look across the Atlantic to Canada, where Trump’s provocative suggestion that the country could become a 51st state was met not with outrage, but restraint. Ottawa’s response has been deliberate and understated: keep calm and carry on.

Keep Calm and Carry On: Why Europe Shouldn’t Panic Over Trump’s Threats

As Brussels contemplates a trade clash over Greenland, Europe may want to study Mark Carney’s brand of Canadian-style “cold shoulder” diplomacy.

Yet the world is not as Trump imagines it, and the threat he now poses—and which Europeans are scrambling to respond to in Brussels and Davos this week—is principally one of chaos. Calling the challenge a new Monroe Doctrine is only partly the answer: It’s more like a Gone-Rogue Doctrine.

Europe Faces the Gone-Rogue Doctrine

The hyper-personalized new version of global sphere-of-influence politics that Donald Trump wants will fail, as it did for Russia. But, whether it fails or not, Europe must still deal with a disruptive former ally determined to break the rules.

According to Costa, “Cyprus’ own history of occupation and division has given it a very concrete understanding of the crucial value of international law for peace and stability among nations.

Cyprus brings a “unique perspective” to its EU presidency

EU Council President Antonio Costa was clear, Cyprus will bring a “unique perspective” to its EU presidency.

Europe’s Eastern flank, with the Black Sea at its core, has become an active war zone and a decisive hinge in the continent’s security order. At the same time, the unpredictability of the United States is forcing Europeans to design its own more credible security architecture.

France, Turkey, and a Reset in the Black Sea

A renewal of relations between France and Turkey is vital to strengthen European strategic autonomy. To make this détente a reality, Paris and Ankara should move beyond personal friction and jointly engage with questions of Black Sea security.

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