The European Union In Limbo After The Victory Of Donald Trump

The Donald Trump's election to the White House this Wednesday, November 9 aroused amazement and concern about its global repercussions. In Europe, many have followed the US election night, and the slow realization of a Republican victory of populist billionaire.
For many, the arrival at the business man power will be a leap into the unknown, but the European Union "  will continue to work  " with the United States. Brussels even invited Donald Trump at a summit between the EU and the United States "  when it suits him  ."




If stupor is still required after the unexpected victory of Donald Trump, the EU "  will continue to work  " with the United States, said on Wednesday the head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini. "  The EU-US ties are deeper than any political change  ," she has tweeted.

EU - #US ties are deeper than any change in politics. We'll continue to work together, rediscovering the strength of Europe

— Federica Mogherini (@FedericaMog) November 9, 2016

Shared between "surprise  " and "disappointment", the European Parliament President Martin Schulz also called for working with the democratically elected president: "  It will be difficult, it will be harder than previous administrations, but it is the freely elected president. We will work with him as with all the other presidents. It is respect between all democracies. We must respect the future president of the United States. Hopefully it also respects the basic rules of our community of sovereign nations, working in the context of transnational democracy. I hope we will find a niche to cooperate.  "

Regardless of the values conveyed by the Republican candidate, now President of his excesses of language and its vulgarity, its intentions in economic matters cause much concern in Europe, tells our Brussels office . The economic program of Donald Trump is particularly fuzzy and the Europeans do not know exactly where to take it, especially to determine what part of the true substance in his speech, and what is that of electoral logorrhee.

The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker and President of the Council, Donald Tusk, Donald Trump therefore invited to an EU-US summit "  as soon as it suits him  ," to learn more about the intentions of new US president. "  It is more important than ever to strengthen transatlantic relations  ," they stressed.

Congratulations @realDonaldTrump. Only by cooperating closely can EU&US continue to make a difference in dealing w/ unprecedented challenges pic.twitter.com/6ic39caqiB

— Jean-Claude Juncker (@JunckerEU) November 9, 2016