US shift away from Europe ‘didn’t really start with President Trump,’ says EU’s top diplomat – Europe live

She said that the US shift away from Europe is a “long term” process and the bloc needs to urgently adapt

After 378 days, January is finally over, and so welcome to the new year month of February.

It’s a Groundhog Day in the US. Although, let’s be honest, you would be forgiven for feeling like you have been living your own personal time loop since 20 January last year lately.

“Actually, if we look at the transatlantic policy, or we look at what, what the US administration … the decisions that they have taken. it didn’t really start with President Trump. I think there’s a lot of convergence with the policies of different administrations. So … it might be so easy to think that one personality comes, there are elections, then another one, but I think it’s a long term that we really need to look at.”

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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