Randahl Fink“The world is made up of herbivores and carnivores. If we decide to remain herbivores, the carnivores win.”
— French President Emmanuel Macron after the US reelection of Donald Trump, November 7, 2024.
FirefighterGeek 
Directly relates to a question I asked yesterday.
Do you think France, Germany, and to some extent other NATO countries in the region will step up to fill in the role the US is almost certainly going to vacate?
@FirefighterGeek Yes, I think so. But since we are a union of countries and not a country, or is much more difficult for the EU to act swiftly and decisively in matters of security politics.
With Germany being the largest player, a lot depends on the March election in Germany. If the German people vote for isolationism, I fear that will be the last straw for Ukraine.