Germany Looks Past an Unpredictable U.S. in Setting EU’s Future
- German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas gives remarks in Berlin
- Maas urges Europe to be more self-sufficient in foreign policy
Angela Merkel greets members of the Bundeswehr Panzerlehrbrigade 9 in 2019.
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German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Europe will have to forge a path without the U.S. on foreign policy matters, irrespective of whether President Donald Trump wins a second term or not.
Germany’s six-month presidency of the European Union from July 1 will include preparation for the outcome of the American election, involving a transatlantic agenda for “a new Biden administration or a second Trump administration,” Maas said in prepared remarks in Berlin on Monday.