European leaders meeting in Budapest on Thursday on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit urged Donald Trump to avoid trade wars, maintain support for Ukraine and avoid upsetting the world order after his victory in the US elections. presidential elections.

As Reuters writes: “Trump’s victory is a major challenge for Europe, opening an era of huge uncertainty, while the continent is already struggling for unity and its two biggest powers, Germany – whose government has just dissolved – and France, are weakened. Trump’s relationship with his European counterparts has long been strained during his first term, and his return to power brings uncertainty over US support for Ukraine against Russia’s invasion, US commitment to the NATO military alliance and the prospect of imposing tariffs on exports to the US”.

What Mitsotakis, von der Leyen and Charles Michel said

“I trust American society”stated head of the European Council Charles Michel, as he and others urged Trump to continue supporting Ukraine by attending the Summit.

“They know it’s in their best interest to be decisive when we engage authoritarian regimes. If the United States was weak in its relationship with Russia, what would that mean for China?” he added.

OR head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen stated that it is now up to the European Union to be united. No EU member state can manage the coming challenges alone, he said.

Regarding Ukraine, he said: “It is in all of our interests that the ’emperors’ of this world receive a very clear message that it is not the right to power that is important, but the rule of law.”

THE Kyriakos Mitsotakis arriving he said that “Europe must play a more active role in the solutions of global problems. Of course, we should be realistic, because as Europeans we cannot approach, if you will, this North Atlantic Alliance as mere witnesses. Of course, Europe should play an active role in solving global problems.” He even called on the Europeans to wake up from their geopolitical naivety.

Many of the leaders said they were looking forward to working with Trump, Reuters reported.

The summit host, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, he is one of Trump’s few close allies among European leaders and has said he would pop champagne if Trump won. In fact, Reuters reports that diplomats speculated that Orban could broker a way for Trump to address European leaders via video call.

At the same time, other leaders directly expressed their concerns about Trump. “President Trump is known, sometimes unpredictable, has a degree of volatility, so we need dialogue,” said Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Luc Frieden. “We will pursue dialogue, but we will not abandon our principles.”

Macron: Europeans must “defend” their “interests” against the United States and China

Emmanuel Macron said from the side today in Budapest that the Europeans should not “perpetually entrust” their security to the Americans. In fact, in his statement, the French president called on the Europeans to defend their interests against the US and China.

“It is a moment in history that is decisive for us Europeans. At bottom, the question is: do we want to read History written by others, about the wars launched by Vladimir Putin, about the American elections, about the technological and trade choices made by the Chinese? Or do we want to write History? And I believe we have the power to write it“, said the president of France at the start of the summit of the European Political Community.

Very aggressive, Emmanuel Macron said he congratulated Donald Trump, recalling that “some of us around this table have known him, four years ago, in the exercise of his duties”.

“He was elected by the American people and he will defend the interest of the American people and that is a legitimate and good thing. The question is whether we are ready to defend the interest of Europeans“, he said.

“I consider this to be our priority. We must not indulge in a naive “transatlanticism”, nor in the questioning of our alliances, nor also in a narrow-minded nationalism that would not allow us to meet this challenge vis-à-vis China and the United States of America».

“For me, it’s simple, the world consists of herbivores and carnivores. If we decide to remain herbivores, the carnivores will win and we will be a market for them,” added the French president, using the metaphor to urge Europeans to “at least” be “carnivores”.

“I don’t want us to be aggressive, I just want us to know how to defend each of these issues. But I don’t want to leave Europe as an amazing field inhabited by herbivores that the carnivores will come to devour, according to their agenda».

THE Prime Minister of Finland, Petri Orpoexpressed concern at the prospect of a trade war: “We must not allow this to happen,” he said. “Let’s now try to influence the US and Trump’s future policy so that he understands the dangers that lie ahead.”

In the wake of what happened last night in Germany, with the collapse of the governing coalition, European Parliament President Roberta Metzola said: “One thing is certain, Europe is not strong without a strong Germany.”

THE Mark Rutte, head of NATOsaid it is important to see Ukraine as a problem that extends beyond Europe, describing Russia’s cooperation with North Korea as “a threat, not only to the European part of NATO, but also to the US” .