“It is important that we do not divide the world with many pricing barriers,” said Scholz on Sunday after meeting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the United Kingdom, the EU is “a solid economic area and has its own courses of action “, Scholz says.
On the other hand, the German Minister of Finance Jörg Kukies urged Europeans to remain calm and continue. “We must not react to the first decisions with panic, but see them as the start of negotiations and not as the end,” he said by freeing allgemeine Zeitung during a trip to the Persian Gulf.
The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, opted for a cautious tone, writing on X: “The pricing war is good for anyone. … We have ideas and strategies to protect our businesses with Italy Being the best EU ambassador in the dialogue with Washington. “
Bernd Lange, chairman of the European Parliament Commerce Committee, described Trump’s prices as violating international law. The EU must now prepare “to defend our economic interests 1: 1”, he added, while calling Brussels to “stabilize and quickly extend trade relations with other countries.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk published a video message on Saturday that there is “a cause of concern but no fear” after listing recent developments, including irregular immigration, the Russian war in Ukraine and Trump’s pricing threats.
Meanwhile, the former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt described the American prices as “blatant attack on his own people and a gift to the billionaires, while tearing his closest allies”.
He added: “The EU should not bow before his intimidation tactics.”
Chris Lunday contributed to this report.
