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Tomorrow, the European Parliament will vote on reducing tariffs on US goods as part of the EU–US trade deal agreed in August 2025. While this vote is limited in scope, it will in practice determine whether the broader trade deal moves forward. After careful consideration, the five Volt MEPs have decided to vote against this unbalanced deal. Here they explain why 👇

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Volt Europa 10h ago

1. It was always a shady deal.

The US used tariffs to pressure the EU into this agreement. Those tariffs were later ruled illegal.
Now Europe is expected to go along with the deal anyway? No thank you.

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Volt Europa 10h ago

2. It doesn’t actually give us stability.

The whole point of a trade deal is predictability. But the US has already threatened new tariffs on unrelated issues. Meaning: this deal can change anytime.
Why sign a bad deal just not to anger Trump when we know he’ll attack us anyway when he feels like it?

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Volt Europa 10h ago

3. It weakens Europe in the long run.

It is time for the EU to stop Trump pressuring us into crappy deals.
That makes Europe more vulnerable in future negotiations. On trade, tech, and security.

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Volt Europa 10h ago

We remain committed to a strong transatlantic partnership with the US - yet the current US administration has repeatedly acted in ways that contradict the mutual trust and reliability expected between allies, including by actively supporting the growth of far-right movements in Europe.

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Volt Europa 10h ago

Overall, this deal offers uncertain short-term economic relief at a high long-term political cost. Europe must stop conceding under pressure and instead strengthen its strategic autonomy, diversify its trade partnerships, and invest in its own economic and security capabilities. The EU and the US are and will remain co-dependent, but this dependence goes both ways, and it’s time Europe starts to show courage.

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troy_friz_zell 9h ago

@VoltEuropa

Our 3 reasons why-

1. Fuck
2. Donald
3. Trump

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Miha Markič 6h ago

@troy_frizzell @VoltEuropa for real. Anything involving the Orange should be considered harmful and pointless.

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Nicole Parsons 5h ago

@mihamarkic @troy_frizzell @VoltEuropa

The Heritage Foundation, & its allies, are launching a mass malign influence operation, to dismantle the EU if it goes ahead with plans to phase out oil.

It's about keeping the EU stuck with their fossil fuel funded fascist overlords.

They can preserve economies from deliberately planned oil shocks by accelerating the switch to renewables & blocking data centers & other energy wasting technology.

Agency
Autonomy
Sovereignty
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/eus-pledge-250-billion-us-energy-imports-is-delusional-2025-07-28/