EU leaders happy to see Trump being replaced
Jerome Hughes
Press TV, Brussels
EU leaders agree that rebooting relations with the United States is essential to their aim of tackling pressing global challenges.
Senior officials have said that in the eyes of EU leaders, Donald Trump's credibility is now non-existent because of his refusal to concede the US presidential election. At their two-day summit in Brussels, which concluded on Friday, they adopted conclusions designed to reset relations with Washington.
Critics say EU leaders lost a great deal of credibility themselves during the past four years over their failure to stand up to Trump.
For example, what did they do when Trump tried to start trade wars, took the US out of the Paris climate agreement, withdrew funding for Palestinian refugees, and supported Israel's illegal occupation program? What about his rubbishing of the World Health Organization amid a global pandemic?
Political experts claim the weakness of EU leaders to challenge Trump makes them complicit. Arguably, the bloc's greatest foreign policy achievement, the Iran nuclear deal, was left to flounder as Trump did everything to try and destroy it at the behest of Israel, critics argue. If Joe Biden can save the accord, agreed by world powers in 2015, there would be many plus sides, experts say.
The EU continues to express optimism about the Joe Biden administration, which is due to take office next month.
Many analysts warn if EU leaders don't get tougher, populism will continue to flourish in the West and they might be seeing Trump back in the White House in four years' time.
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