> No one cares about performative actions like leaving X any longer. Yeah, but it's one of the few things a newspaper can do. > 1) It needs sovereign nuclear

> No one cares about performative actions like leaving X any longer. Yeah, but it's one of the few things a newspaper can do. > 1) It needs sovereign nuclear weapons without U.S. permission. > 2) It needs an independent foreign policy. Makes total sense. > 3) It does not let itself be dragged into wars while being assigned the blame if the wars go wrong. Makes sense insofar as wars can't be half-assed, either you commit or you don't, as seen with Ukraine. Considering the strategic and geopolitical importance, the EU needed to commit much harder much faster. > 4) Vance is right about excessive immigration. The EU is too small and resources like real estate are finite. No. People are a resource, the fertility rate is insufficient in all EU countries, and the EU is nowhere near overpopulation. Without sufficient immigration, it's a slow-moving trainwreck headed for a "pensioner's collapse". There is certainly an "excessive" at some point, but that is not the case currently.