European Union capitals want to take revenge on Donald Trump delay to avoid engagement with NATO summit

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The capitals of the European Union, Brussels, are now urging any possible revenge against Donald Trump’s tariff to the NATO summit in June, on the pretext that the deal with the US President on the Mediterranean Security in Europe should be priority.

The diplomats and officials of the Financial Times said that governments were calling for any major decisions related to the United States, including large defense investments, so that the results of the NATO gathering next month in The Hague are clear.

NATO Officials are also urged to expand the scope of the military alliance summit as possible to reduce the potential of clashes with Trump, amid deep uncertainty about what this event can do.

Trump student with European allies Spending 5 percent One of the gross domestic product on defense and the adoption of a “equality” plan is the responsibility of defending the continent, which has relied on America for decades.

In addition to extensive talks between the main European leaders and the Secretary -General of NATO Mark Retty on how to expose Trump At the gathering of June 24-25, the Capitals also urge the European UNHCR to avoid the White House’s antagonism at the period.

The officials said that this included avoiding public inflammatory discussions on commercial revenge in response to Trump’s definitions, delaying defense purchases decisions that included a direct option between European options and the United States, and avoiding criticizing the US approach to Ukraine and its speech regarding the annexation of Greenland.

Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on European steel, aluminum and cars, as well as a 10 percent blanket rate on European Union imports. He temporarily stopped, until early July, doubling this flat tariff to 20 percent, awaiting negotiations with the mass. Officials said that if negotiations collapsed on a “balanced” agreement, the officials said. The European Union must decline With their trade measures.

“There is a great deal of nervousness before The Hague, and general thinking is to do everything we can get (Trump) there, tell him what he wants to hear, and take him out again without any disaster,” said one of the senior European Union officials in the discussions.

“We need to reach a reliable plan for an organized transformation (from the United States to Europe) in responsibility,” said one of the senior NATO officials. “This is the main priority, above everything.”

While the European Union and NATO are distinguished, 23 of the members of each of the Brussels -based organizations, and have a close business relationship with the committee chairman Ursula von der Layen.

American officials told NATO that while Trump plans to attend the summit, he can decide to cancel if there is no agreement in advance between the other 31 NATO members to spend more and take more responsibility to defend Europe.

NATO provides a detailed study on the capabilities of its current members to inform the complex discussions on the dependence of Europe’s based on the United States, how to reduce this and the extent of speed, and in the areas where the United States can expand its presence without exposing the security of the continent.

European officials are particularly estimated that with the average defensive spending by 4 percent, a plan agreed with the United States to decline in some critical areas with the expansion of European armies, The timetable from five to 10 years maybe.

The Hague Summit was initially expected to be a high -level relationship of Root, given that it would be the first as a general secretary and was held in his hometown.

But it has already been reduced to two days, and it is under pressure from the Allied capitals to reduce the number of discussions between the leaders to the naked minimum to reduce the risk of any fire with Trump.

Many European leaders are afraid of the potential for the NATO 2018, when Trump kidnapped the second day of the talks during his first term as his president and threatened to withdraw from the alliance. This sparked a chaotic stampede to satisfy him with promises of increased defensive spending, which included Root as Dutch president president.

“Money, Money and Money”, a European diplomat participating in preparations said. “He doesn’t want to talk about anything else, and (additional topics) can wait.”

The officials said this may witness that we see distinctive policy areas from the previous annual players – including Ukraine’s offer of membership and relations with Asian partner countries and issues related to climate change – have decreased significantly in importance.

“Europe should prepare to wash its hands from Europe,” said Poland Foreign Minister Radik Sikorsky on Wednesday. “It is an implemented task. There is a path towards it … but we cannot pretend that we do not hear what the Americans tell us.”