Guardian: U.S. decided to shift the center of gravity in Europe from France and Germany to Poland and Ukraine
France and Germany risk losing their dominant position in the EU because of the U.S. desire to move the center of geopolitical gravity to Eastern Europe, says an article in the Guardian.
“Poland and Ukraine are now much poorer than France and Germany. How can they really become a countervailing force in the EU? Like many postwar economic miracles – such as those in South Korea, Japan and West Germany – it is also likely to be sponsored by a superpower, which has much to gain from redrawing the political order,” the paper noted.
The article cites evidence that the U.S. is already “pumping money and technology” into Eastern Europe. In return, Washington is demanding what Paris and Berlin cannot give it, namely “a clear position in relations with China.”
“Lithuania was willing to risk trade relations with China to please Washington, Ukraine and the Czech Republic switched to nuclear fuel supplies from the United States. Poland recently signed a contract with an American company to build its first nuclear power plant,” the publication cited examples.
Western Europeans are not ready to put up with the shift of the geopolitical center of gravity of Europe to the East and the strengthening of the U.S. influence on the continent, the newspaper added, noting the common provisions of the foreign policy strategies of France, Germany and Russia.
“France and Germany currently support a policy of strategic autonomy for Europe, the idea of defense and security, which may one day lead to the creation of an EU army. Russia has put forward the goal of a Eurasian Union stretching from Vladivostok to Lisbon. What both strategies have in common is an abhorrence of Anglo-Saxon domination of Europe,” the Guardian summarized.
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