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#SenatorCoryBooker , Democrat of New Jersey, spoke for more than 25 hours, criticizing the #Trumpadministration ’s policies on #SocialSecurity , education, health care and more. Credit...Eric Lee/The New York Times

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**Julien M.** @julm@autogeree.net · 1h

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#Geopolitics #JeffreySachs (English version with Q&A)

‘Europe needs an independent foreign policy’: Professor #JeffreySachs at #EuropeanParliament
In a 21 February speech in the #EuropeanParliament, renowned professor #JeffreySachs said, ‘When the #SovietUnion ended in 1991, the view became even more exaggerated. The view was that we [the US] run the show. We will clean up from the former Soviet Union. We will take out any remaining Soviet-era allies. Countries like #Iraq, #Syria, and so forth will go. And we’ve been experiencing this foreign policy for essentially 33 years. #Europe has paid a heavy price for this because #Europe has not had any foreign policy during this period. No voice, no unity, no clarity, no European interests, only #American loyalty.’

He added that the #EuropeanUnion should be the main trading partner of #Russia. ‘ #Europe and #Russia have complementary economies. The fit for mutually beneficial trade is very strong. The #TrumpAdministration is imperialist at heart. #Trump obviously believes that the great powers dominate the world. The #US will be ruthless and cynical, and yes, also vis-à-vis #Europe. Don’t go begging to #Washington. That won’t help. Instead, have a true and independent #EuropeanForeignPolicy.’