> Not be the lapdog of the United States. But that's unfathomable for many people Maybe. But just getting rid of “US influence” won’t achieve that. Europe will

> Not be the lapdog of the United States. But that's unfathomable for many people Maybe. But just getting rid of “US influence” won’t achieve that. Europe will just fall under Chinese/Russian influence. Or don’t you remember Merkel, Schroeder and a generation of German politicians groveling before Putin? How is that a better option?