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2019-11-09 Europe

'Soft Power Alone Is Now Not Enough': EU Commission Chief Says

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...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
an Union can no longer rely on "soft power" to assert its values globally and needs to learn the "language of power", European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen said Friday.

First step: make sure your army has enough bullets and spare parts to get where it needs to go and defend itself against aggressors once it gets there.

In her "State of Europe" address in Berlin, the former German defence chief reminded the audience that "soft power" was a way of spreading a nation’s influence through culture, something she said was a "costly" project.

"Soft power alone is now not enough. If we Europeans want to assert ourselves in the world Europe must also learn the language of power".

Von der Leyen said Europe needed to "grow our own muscle where we have long relied on others, for example in security policy."

Secondly, Europe needs to use the force it had for "targeted engagement" where it best served European interests. She cited China as a country where the EU was in a position to influence bilateral trade.

Von der Leyen ‐ a Brussels-born German politician and a mother of seven ‐ was expected to assume office on 1 November, but the start date was pushed back by a month after the European Parliament rejected several of her nominees.

Posted by Fred 2019-11-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 It sounds so "toxically musculine" Ursula.

Posted by g(r)omgoru PB 2019-11-09 01:58|| 2019-11-09 01:58|| Front Page Top

#2 "That is right, sister Wonderline ! We must open everybody's borders ! Raaa !"

Posted by Dron66046 2019-11-09 02:43|| 2019-11-09 02:43|| Front Page Top

#3 You and whose army?

Posted by Raj 2019-11-09 07:57|| 2019-11-09 07:57|| Front Page Top

#4 "Soft power alone i is now not enough.

It never was sweetie, seems you didn't pay attention in history class.

Posted by AlanC 2019-11-09 08:07|| 2019-11-09 08:07|| Front Page Top

#5 TRANSLATION: Soft power and deep-state illegality isn't enough to keep the vassal states in our stealth empire.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-11-09 08:11|| 2019-11-09 08:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Yeah, most people aren't impressed or threatened by your limp dick, EU.

Posted by DarthVader 2019-11-09 08:17|| 2019-11-09 08:17|| Front Page Top

#7 I don't think power is the right word.

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-11-09 11:46|| 2019-11-09 11:46|| Front Page Top

#8 What I hope she means:
Clearing out no-go zones

The cynic in me:
Flooding North Atlantic with submarines

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-11-09 11:51|| 2019-11-09 11:51|| Front Page Top

#9 "Europe must also learn the language of power".

Messrs. Hobbes, Machiavelli, Bonaparte, Von Clausewitz, De Maistre, Nietzsche, Ulyanov, and Orwell would be surprised to hear that Europeans did not understand or speak the language of power.

Maybe Europeans need to spend a bit more time appreciating their cultural heritage instead of wishing it away in favor of multi-culti globalist transgendered postmodern bullshit.

Posted by Lex 2019-11-09 11:55|| 2019-11-09 11:55|| Front Page Top

#10 Translation: we don't have the hard power to keep the sovereign states beholding to our dictates.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-11-09 13:12|| 2019-11-09 13:12|| Front Page Top

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