On this American election day, Europe is wondering about its future relations with its largest trading partner but also with NATO, in the midst of the war in Ukraine. For kyiv, the big unknown concerns whether or not the United States will disengage from the conflict. Suffice it to say that no other country is observing the results of this election more closely. Concern, but also a form of detachment as the stakes of the war at home mobilize all energies. This is the report from kyiv by our correspondent Emmanuelle Chaze.
Another subject of European concern, defensewhile the strategic importance of the European continent has now taken second place behind the China. Will the United States continue to be the driving force of NATO, when calls for a burst of funding from Europeans are increasing?
First concerned, the United Kingdom whose defense policy is aligned with that of the United States. The explanations from London of Marie Billon.
Orban’s Trumpmania, and Trump’s Orbanmania
And in this vast flood of concern, a European leader is already rejoicing at a possible victory for Republican Donald Trump. It’s the Prime Minister Hungarian Viktor Orban. Viktor Orban who shaped the model of illiberal democracy, where all counter-powers, from justice to the press through culture, are muzzled. Viktor Orban in power for 14 years. We can say that there is a mutual fascination between the two men. To begin with, Viktor Orban is a great admirer of the former tenant of the White House… We meet our correspondent in Budapest Florence Labruyère.
The United States, Europe’s largest trading partner…Two behemoths of theeconomy world, whose choices will weigh heavily. The question of a new sequence of American protectionism is on everyone’s minds. Sylvie Matelly, economist, president of the Jacques Delors Institute.