EU

Santa_009

People in Australia took notice. These opinions, much like mine just now are always biased as we surround ourselves with like minded people. My friends took note but I've met new people with differing opinions, their opinions or perspectives often dont fall in your lap (unless you're on reddit). Sales are way down here, and EU. The reduction in car quality, or competition haven't been enough in that time to be the sole cause for the cliff dive orders have done - especially if you overlay it with various actions performed by Musk.

timeforknowledge

Low dollar makes US goods more competitively priced, which means other countries still buy more US goods... Look at the UK and it's low pound, FTSE 100 went from 6800 to 10,000 since it left the EU and the pound crashed

marky_Rabone

No way... in the EU they already consider him senile.

The_Insider_Edge

"The Company targets tripling export volumes by 2028. Efforts will focus on strengthening partnerships in existing markets (Australia, Portugal, Germany, Brazil, and Czech Republic) and entering new markets including the UK, Switzerland, Costa Rica and New Zealand, with investments in GMP/EU-GMP compliance and participation in international trade shows. KPIs include 100% YoY export revenue growth and adding 2-3 new markets annually." [https://herbaldispatch.com/blogs/investors/herbal-dispatch-unveils-strategic-business-plan-for-2026-to-drive-sustainable-growth-and-enhance-shareholder-value](https://herbaldispatch.com/blogs/investors/herbal-dispatch-unveils-strategic-business-plan-for-2026-to-drive-sustainable-growth-and-enhance-shareholder-value)

juventinn1897

What a clueless comment. Byd doesn't sell in USA, and EU controls their own tariffs on China. EU should be promoting their own domestic brands. But they can stay poor too. Even choosing to become more poor!

juventinn1897

Some random award from a shitty magazine.. who cares? Face the fact EU provides little value and is giving that away for some temporary pricing power on cheap products. As rates stay high, gdp continues to stagnate, and domestic businesses lose market share they will inevitably begin declining in gdp.

juventinn1897

Good reply. Last 20 years USA gdp has grown 85% and EU has grown 15% Europoors can't afford copium Look at automobile sales since BYD started selling in Europe. The domestic car share of market is destroyed.

juventinn1897

So many idiots in here talking about how dollar index is falling. This is because vs the other major banks USA is the only one dropping rates and others are raising rates. Value of their currencies may be rising but they aren't stimulating growth to get out of stagflation. EU also selling out all their business to cheap imports from China and India. They will collapse their own economy and gdp

McFlynder

As an EU investor, I completely lost confidence in the US market and switched to mostly Europe. I used to be 100% MSCI World, but switched because it’s ~70% US stocks and the dollar devaluation ate most of my gains. Last year EU stocks outperformed the US for a reason. No one knows what happens in 2026, though.

p3dal

From googling your question: >There is no direct historical precedent for the U.S. government freezing the retail brokerage accounts of ordinary domestic investors specifically because they held international allocations. While the government has extensive powers to freeze assets, these actions have historically targeted foreign adversaries, sanctioned entities, or specific illegal activities rather than broad classes of domestic retail investments. >Key precedents and regulatory frameworks related to asset restrictions include: >**Sanctions and OFAC**: The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) enforces economic sanctions that can "block" or freeze property. However, these are typically directed at specific foreign nations (e.g., Iran, Russia), entities, or individuals (e.g., terrorists or narcotics traffickers) rather than U.S. retail investors. >**Targeted Divestment**: A more recent precedent involves the 2020 Executive Order prohibiting U.S. persons from trading in securities of companies determined to be "Communist Chinese military companies". In this case, investors were not frozen out of their accounts, but were given a grace period to divest from specific prohibited holdings. >**Account Freezes for Expats**: Many U.S. investors living abroad have had their accounts frozen or closed, but this is usually a result of private institutional policies related to compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and anti-money laundering (AML) rules rather than a government-mandated freeze on international assets. >**Trading with the Enemy Act**: Historically, the U.S. used the Trading with the Enemy Act during World War I and World War II to seize or freeze the assets of enemy nationals, but this did not extend to freezing the accounts of U.S. citizens holding foreign stocks. >**Regulatory Barriers**: While not a "freeze," regulations like the EU's MiFID II have effectively restricted the ability of U.S. brokers to sell certain international products (like U.S.-registered ETFs) to residents in those regions.

jarMburger

International small cap value returned 57% in the last 1 year. Sure, they underperformed a bit before that but if you believe dollar will continue to weaken then international is a better bet. Also, due to recent political turmoil, expect EU and other developed countries to increase govt spending for security and economic stimulus. You can take a look at long term (50+years) of US vs international and will see that international tends to perform well at times.

No_Nose2819

Elons betting of a deprecated dollar and sales from Tesla abroad to make himself hit his stock target to get paid his trillion $ bonus. Only thing is the dollar not what it used to be worth and everyone outside the USA thinks he’s a cunt and are going to buy Chinese or EU electric cars. His star link is very good though a nice little Monopoly money printing machine right now.

typo9292

India is one of the most corrupt countries to cut trade deals with so way to go EU. 😂 good luck. Remember they want all your cellphone software.

Ok_Chance_5859

The impact of a dollar crash is not zero: DXY drops 10%+, import inflation rises (amplified by tariff wars), corporate costs increase (60% of S&P 500 revenue comes from overseas). History shows: between 2017–2020, DXY fell about 15%, the S&P 500 rose overall but experienced frequent tail-end pullbacks. Now add geopolitics into the mix (Middle East/Iran oil price risks, Greenland/EU tariff issues), and the probability of supply chain disruptions is rising sharply. On X people are saying things like “gold & silver exploding, houses not for sale, futures down 0.7%” — this is a warning signal, not some nonsense about “the market smartly ignoring the noise.

AnotherThroneAway

How does this work if the company is US-based, but generates most of their revenue from overseas? Or a EU-based company that generates most of its revenue from its US market?

Tricky-Dot-8316

So india and china left the 2 countries been at war twice and still have whole northern part india is disputed land Tibet was occupied by chine and king was given safe haven in India. Chinese products are looked as spy devices in india, china wants market for their products india cannot compete with Chinese products they will be war next day the NEW currency comes out. I have not seen 1 picture where Xi and Modi look into each other eye. The mother of deals which was btw India and EU was just a junk selling 250 thousand eu cars tax free in india, it’s just a marketing tactics by Modi I have negative hopes on this brics currency succeeding or even coming into play,

portuh47

EU negotiations were not run by Trump, I'm not sure what point you're making

Futureleak

No it won't, the US will be over, but a new global power will emerge from the rubble. The way it looks, it's going to be China. Only way for EU to claim that title is if they behind a converted effort to federalize the union.

MyrnaMyrna

Hood is already in the EU and Asia.

Sea-Frosting-50

also, every country in the EU or outside of it

dudermagee

EU getting close to India is going to massively help India, but crush EU manufacturing.

renome

I'm EU-based and working primarily for US clients, so believe me, I know. I've been eating shit for the past 12 months and the bowls just keep getting bigger lol

bigmeatbag

So the EU is getting a better deal on curry and BO?

Inevitable-Staff-113

EU50 ??

No_Assistance5652

Dollar is dumping too much. I dont think US has social net like EU.

pancoste

Unless you're in the EU. 

Fair-Cranberry-8002

whether mkt plummets or not, gold and silver will rise, imo. India EU deal will make TACO to put more tariffs on EU...

fruitloop00001

EU needs some Indians to balance out the Arabs and Africans.

rightaroundhere_

The EU already takes in more from fining Mag7 than it does tax revenue from all EU tech companies. That's their bread and butter, so they'll push it as far as they can.

dcrockett1

EU always takes the L lol

I-IV-I64-V-I

EU needs tech support for all their new Linux government work stations

Bichael-Murry

EU took the L in this one indeed

Arnab_Goswami_RTV

EU is the next Canada

dcrockett1

EU deal India allows for 10s of thousands of Indian students, It workers and engineers into the EU lmao Also India is one of the main importers of Russian oil lol

Dimmo17

UK - EU trade reset UK - India

Bojack_Horseman22

Some random pension fund in Denmark withdrawing $100m from the market ain’t gonna shake it. Mind you that they use AMD/Intel/Nvidia computers, running Microsoft, SaaS services with cyber security stack of …. Americans companies. Then think if energy, food, technology etc… The S&P500 isn’t going anywhere lol, the EU gonna suck up to America really soon

Atrain4315

interesting call. also their massive trade deal that just dropped with the EU might stimulate consumer and business activity.

Burgergold

Look at a single etf worldwide diversified with some home bias I don't know what is it for Portugal/EU but in Canada its an etf like Xeqt/Veqt/Zeqt

drgala

How about 2% in an hour? It happened in 2025 in a EU country.

Bauermander

In the next 10 years I believe the US is going to do economically way better than the EU. China is pretty much their only competition. Russia is doing Russians things and other countries are just noise.

humtake

So what? 19 years ago I went to EU when the currency was 1.5 USD. Not one thing my life has ever changed since then when they fluctuate. The only thing I noticed was it coat me a little more for a coke that didn't even come with refills. Damn stingy Europeans!

AfterDarkAsset

I am worried about US losing out on all these trade deals that EU, Canada, India, Mercusor and China are making with each other and smaller nations. I am also very very worried about EU, and other countries, moving away from US tech reliance. Indian government for example has already started adopting Zoho - 1 million+ govt employees moved over their MS office accounts and emails to Zoho. EU is also talking about building sovereign cloud instead of buying their compute power from AMZN, GOOG or MSFT. None of this bodes well for American companies and S&P.

DeliriousHippie

There's a risk for that. Currently EU is considering are we too depended about US technology and some companies are moving to other suppliers. I've seen only Amazon do something about it, they have created European Sovereign Cloud which should isolate it from US legally. If countries and big corporations start to move to different cloud vendors then numbers will look rough for Microsoft, Google and Amazon.

Good_Ride_2508

Current Trend is completely different. Posted this in another blog, why gold and silver spiking. You can check all these facts from internet. * China applied licensing requirement (Restriction) to export Silver from Jan 1, 2026, * US govt announced Silver as Strategic Minerals list by Jan 15, 2026, * Year 2025, India Imported 6000 tonnes of Physical Silver (from LBMA and Comex) which is one year of Silver production. * All BRICS countries started buying GOLD and SILVER to avoid freezing USD assets which happened to Russia ($300 Bln) and Venezuela($60 Bln). Oil Kingdom Saudi started dealing indirect GOLD standard with China for trades. * Google Check "Rate Check FED New york", you will see wallstreet journals post 3-5 days before, read it. If this is true, which we will come to know tomorrow FED mtg, no one can stop GOLD and SILVER bull run from here. * Treasury is selling USD bonds and FED is buying those bonds as a process of dilution. USD currency weakens by money printing against Gold and Silver. * The last straw is EU tariff 25% withdrawn now. EU is going to pull all their soverign GOLD and SILVER from new york to EU locations, based on TACO's threat 100% tariff on Canada deal with China. Now, EU does not have faith in USD. * All these results into scarcity of physical Gold and Silver.

paq12x

There's a reason everyone was crying when China manipulates its currency to keep it low. That's the playbook the US is using right now. That just means the EU's export is fucked.

robidaan

US; Expect some heavy tarifs as retaliation. EU and india; uuhm okay

Bright-Pilot-3970

Let me get out my crystal ball. He will say the EU is being taken advantage of and are fools. Then he will raise tariffs, fucking the American people once again. It’s the last part that always seems to happen. The other names are interchangeable and we will probably see this again and again for the next 3 years.

ramdomvariableX

India wins, EU wins, US consumers pay tariffs..

Good_Ride_2508

Current Trend is completely different. Posted this in another blog, why gold and silver spiking. You can check all these facts from internet. * China applied licensing requirement (Restriction) to export Silver from Jan 1, 2026, * US govt announced Silver as Strategic Minerals list by Jan 15, 2026, * Year 2025, India Imported 6000 tonnes of Physical Silver (from LBMA and Comex) which is one year of Silver production. * All BRICS countries started buying GOLD and SILVER to avoid freezing USD assets which happened to Russia ($300 Bln) and Venezuela($60 Bln). Oil Kingdom Saudi started dealing indirect GOLD standard with China for trades. * Google Check "Rate Check FED New york", you will see wallstreet journals post 3-5 days before, read it. If this is true, which we will come to know tomorrow FED mtg, no one can stop GOLD and SILVER bull run from here. * Treasury is selling USD bonds and FED is buying those bonds as a process of dilution. USD currency weakens by money printing against Gold and Silver. * The last straw is EU tariff 25% withdrawn now. EU is going to pull all their soverign GOLD and SILVER from new york to EU locations, based on TACO's threat 100% tariff on Canada deal with China. Now, EU does not have faith in USD. * All these results into scarcity of physical Gold and Silver.

shwaynebrady

Those are being reduced to zero by the EU! So now there is now barrier to out sourcing manufacturing, assembly and production to India where the cost to operate is orders of magnitudes cheaper “The EU COMMISSION said IT would eliminate tariffs on most exports of chemicals, machinery and electrical equipment, as well as aircraft and spacecraft” https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrnee01r9jo

McNu1ty1

These are being reduced to zero by India on products being exported by the EU. It becomes cheaper for Indians to buy European goods you mentioned. Not the other way around for the job losses due to outsourcing to happen. Not sure who is being obtuse now. Not going to continue this, cannot understand if this is a troll or a good faith discussion with limited information. Have a good day!

PaleAthlete1040

The EU just fucked over the US, and eliminated competition of the US. They just opened their market to an over 1 billion prospective customers Are we tired of winning yet?

KL_boy

Within the EU they get a very favourable tax rate so they can to park the cash either for future expenses while waiting for a favourable tax rate or FX rate in the US.

McNu1ty1

NAFTA and the US China deal led to job losses as you move production to low cost areas and export from those areas to your country. Did you look at the list of items which have seen a reduction in tariffs from the EU? I am pretty sure tea, spices, gems, jewelry is not something that is already being produced locally. Textile is probably one I can understand. Atleast read the fact sheet for this deal before comparing with US Trade deals.

happybrowser88

Interesting week for global trade. On one hand, we’ve got the India...EU Free Trade Agreement opening new opportunities, and on the other, renewed tariff threats on South Korean goods reminding us that protectionism is still very much in play. Weeks like this tend to create mixed signals for markets and some sectors benefit from expanded access, while others face risk from rising trade tensions. Definitely a time where careful analysis and monitoring geopolitical developments matters more than ever.

happybrowser88

Interesting development. .. this EU-India trade deal could definitely shift some dynamics in global trade. It’ll be worth watching how U.S. policy reacts, especially with ongoing discussions around tariffs and trade tensions. Situations like this often create opportunities for traders and analysts to reassess risk and hedging strategies.

ShittyUsernane1222

🥭 announced 75% tariffs on EU and India while market is open. 🥭's INSISTENT on an another liberation day style dump.

ryan325_

🥭 at 4:16 today OUR Trade Deals are a DISASTER for our so-called “partners” who thought they could outsmart America. Not happening! We were patient. We were nice. Maybe TOO nice. Those days are OVER. The European Union and India have been playing games — very unfair, very sneaky, lots of meetings, no results. I said: “When do we win?” Nobody had an answer! Because they refuse to treat the United States with the RESPECT we deserve, I am hereby RAISING TARIFFS on the EU and India by 75%. Yes, 75%! They will call, they will beg, they always do. It’s called NEGOTIATING.

Top-Meaning2626

EU/India trade deals same as EU/China They will be at the mercy and no defense

shwaynebrady

Because their relative income is incredibly important. The cost of living is orders of magnitude different so what reason would Indians have for buying Spanish ham for 8€ /lb when they can get it locally for 1/4 of that. How many BMWs can you sell to a population with an avg monthly pay of $300? And because Indian labor, regulations, Employee protections, and environmental protections are again orders of magnitude cheaper and easier to comply with than the EU. Previously,. There were massive trade and compliance barriers that forced foreign and domestic firms alike to build and manufacture in the EU in order to access their consumer market. Now that that’s not the case, why would publicly owned company whose entire mission is generating shareholder profit chose to use a labor force that is 5x more expensive?

CUbuffGuy

Alright dawg, imma need you to double tariffs on everyone because they said India/EU made the biggest trade deal ever. You really gunna stand for that?

Available-Range-5341

Alot of commenters have TDS but has anyone looked up the deal? Just read an article on Reuters and the deal looks RECIPROCAL. The entire point of the Trump tariff war was that too many countries had one-sided relationships with the USA. It also mentions alot of raw materials coming into the EU. One reason why Trump wanted tariffs was because consumer goods and pills could be manufactured here

Prestigious_Health_2

Where did you pull that claim from? EU economies are not in great shape.

Ornery_Intern_2084

Orange man tweet in the AH regarding EU and India trade deal? aka more tariffs on EU news in AH?

preetiegal

What are your recommendations as I’m quite new to EU related?

Apex-Editor

I'm not moving my funds, but I did reallocate some savings defensively to a fund that ties to the euro, just in case it needs to be transferred. The EU still has vastly inferior investment vehicles when one has access to US services. I have currently paused most new contributions though, and am keeping them rotting in a crappy savings account. I need that money in the next couple years and cannot risk having it lose all its value in that time. (I cannot invest here because of PFICs).

M_from_Vegas

Just gotta be from the right country and correct type of white Wasn't all that long ago that Irish and Italians were not white Plan accordingly EU tourists 🤓

PixelPhoenixForce

vacation in US going to be soo cheap for EU folks

bumpgrind

Rumor has it that Canada and India are about to sign a big free-trade agreement with both EU and India as well. Trump's gonna go bonkers. 😂

Nebty

lol well those shadowy elites done fucked this one up because the Greenland debacle was some of the most embarrassingly stupid shit we’ve seen yet. Like, why would the US give away their geopolitical capital on a silver platter like this? Every time this administration tries to exert influence they do it in the most obvious, ham-fisted way possible, before doubling back and chickening out when faced with resistance. The only two tools they seem to know they have are tariffs and military force. And every time they use or threaten to use either, the rest of the world just picks up the pace in further marginalizing the USA. The India-EU deal is, frankly, a disaster for the United States. And they only have themselves to blame. They’re allowing themselves to get hilariously outmaneuvered and they don’t even seem to realize it.

Portfoliana

Trade is definitely fragmenting into blocs. EU and India have been negotiating this for years, but the current tariff uncertainty accelerated the timeline. What's interesting from an investment perspective is that European multinationals with India exposure could benefit disproportionately. Lower trade barriers mean better margins for companies already established there.

graavejrsdag

“EU is lost”, “China is lost” wtf man, they are all good compared to the shitshow you guys a living in rn.

InjuryEmbarrassed532

DXY is about average long term. This mostly affects foreigners investing in US stocks. Even so it’s temporary as the EU is a lost cause and China is well…China.

Blue026

Oh so EU doesn’t make anything for its domestic markets? Why did they have tariffs in the first place? And yeah India is so un-industrialized. That’s why they have no factories, plants, or industries. “Tariffs will be reduced to zero for a vast swathe of industrial products, including nearly all iron and steel, plastics, chemicals, machinery and pharmaceuticals.” Good thing the EU doesn’t make any of those things.

Tough-Parsnip-1553

Yes, the EU and India just put America Second

Senior_Bite7082

>EU imports from India at €71.4 billion and EU exports to India at €48.8 billion in 2024. India wins this “deal”. india basically has a surplus with every country in the world except china where it imports a lot of parts to assemble because they aren't in that stage of manufacturing/industrialization yet. even this number is projected to dwindle in 5-7 years. the other major deficits come from countries like russia, saudi and iraq. because they have oil and india doesn't. You're looking at this like trump where you need to "win" by having the bigger number. thats a fundamental misunderstanding of economics and trade. >agriculture? agriculture is excluded from this deal so both EU and indian farmers have nothing to worry about. and there weren't many large scale apparel factories, or gems refinement facilities or electronic manufacturing plants in the EU to begin with. im not sure what you're really on about here

Plane-Character-19

How do you think the man with tourette tariff syndrome will react. Makes you wonder how shitty a businessman you would have to be, if you did not expect alienating someone would lead them towards others. Now EU, scrap the trade deal with US, lets get the inevitable trade war started.

Blue026

EU imports from India at €71.4 billion and EU exports to India at €48.8 billion in 2024. India wins this “deal”. Just saying you’re going to “expecting to double” more doesn’t mean you will, lmao. “I expect to win the lottery” = you will win the lottery. Tariffs were meant to protect domestic industries and services from flooded by cheap goods/labor. How happy are domestic EU industries and agriculture? Those farmers in Brussels looked very happy earlier this month. But again, 0% tariffs on Russian oil in Indian barrels.

BourbonRick01

Has the Grand 🧙, aka 🌮, aka 🥭, given us his take on the mother of all trade deals between India and the EU? Maybe Modi should teach 🌮 about the Art of the Deal

delicious_oppai

Only way bers survive today is if 🥭 starts threatening EU and India for their deal before market close 😂

ColCrockett

When the U.S. economy is still chugging along in 5 years and has pulled even further ahead of the EU economy, I will say, why’d you think otherwise retard

Senior_Bite7082

i'm not sure what you're yapping about man. the EU's exports to india are expected to almost double because of this deal. you do realize they trade a lot more than just cars right? i mean sure india's probably going to have its exports explode much more, but like i said. that's just the nature of developing countries. they'll produce things much cheaper so reduced or 0% tariffs means a massive amount of imports

Consistent-Duck8062

Numbers are not available for 2025 yet, genius, so how do you know? (but estimates still put US growth above EU in 2025 as well, genius. Can't confirm it though, it's only an estimate so far)

earthbender06

Sure carney is a great leader and nothing against him personally but between nations it takes a while to develop the trust again. Like once / if Trump leaves office, EU will take a while to build trust again

Blue026

The panel doesn’t care lmao. They just care about making themselves look good in the news and pat themselves on the back How does this increase youth unemployment in the EU? How does this help increase affordability? Bet EU youth is going to love this EU got lowered wine tariffs. India got 0% tariffs on their manufactured goods and commodities. Ontop of now new “agreement on mobility” aka allow import of as much cheap labor as possible

Consistent-Duck8062

I wouldn't worry about USD that much, considering the EU printers are just starting...

diefy7321

*EU signs trade deal with India* US: oh no…whatever will we do…lmao

awetfartruinedmylife

EU is pumping, not US. Dollar is in the shitter

Senior_Bite7082

india is a developing country. any trade deal is going to benefit it a lot more than the other country simply by the virtue of having a large poor population (similar to china before). cutting down the tariffs on apparel means tens if not 100's of thousands of indians getting jobs at factories to do low-medium skilled labor. While it feels like the EU is getting shorthanded the negotiators aren't stupid. even 1% of indians affording those cars means about a 14-15 million consumer base. thats like switzerland and norways population *combined*. and considering india's growth rate there's going to be a growing middle/upper middle class in the next couple of decades which is what the EU i *really* targeting.

_Amadeus_Salieri_

Man, I can't help you understand if you're set on a narrative. US put tariffs on European countries because of the Greenland issue, then dropped the tariffs and will just put new tariffs on it because of the India-EU FTA. Canada has faced the same situation as India and EU. US just put 25% tariffs on South Korea, too. The writing isn't on the wall, it's on the freaking mountain, while you've closed your eyes and are surprised everyone else isn't doing the same.

UchiGebaGeba

India - EU deal has been in the works since long before Trump returned to office

Consistent-Duck8062

Here in EU we don't give a shit about economy either. Labor market is fucked, and we just opened it to indians? Well done, EU, well done. Next election wave will swing right from Goebbels ...

achinnac

The EU is likely to be flooded with Indian workers, and it won’t be long before people are fiercely competing for jobs across EU countries.

Ok_Opportunity2693

That’s available in the EU for €10/month

Consistent-Duck8062

Since you're a chatbot-level intelligence, let me reply with a chatgpt output: * The **EU / euro area grew modestly** in 2024 — the European Commission estimates around **\~1.0–1.1%** real GDP growth for the EU overall. * In contrast, **the U.S. economy grew noticeably faster** — various sources put U.S. GDP growth around **\~2.7–2.8%** in 2024

Blue026

Where did I say a word about US you muppet EU should not kill its own labor market and industries

Blue026

You think everyone in India is going to immediately go and buy luxury German cars? People who could afford them were already buying them. Look at the massive tariff reductions the EU put on commodities and manufactured goods from India. Why were they there in the first place?

snowballkills

Yeah right coz you say so. Most of the countries US is trading with don't have their tariffs changed over the past so many months. Don't have details of what all is imported from the EU, but Indians rejoicing over the now 40% tariffs vs. the 100% before is like somebody being very happy with a 400 AQI vs. 1000. Both are unacceptable, and are coz of what the govt. chose to do or not do

jrex035

>None of the EU officials in Brussels are elected by the constituents of the EU. That's straight up false. The European Parliament is democratically elected. The European Commission (which Ursula von der Leyen leads) on the other hand isn't, but it's the executive branch of the EU and its staff is selected by the European Council, which is made up of the heads of state of European governments. In other words, their government is a mix of democratically elected positions and republican governance, with numerous checks and balances that can be used to remove members who lose the public trust. The notion that it's an unelected government making decisions independent of the will of the general public is complete nonsense.

Old-Buffalo-5151

He is busy blaming everyone else for problems in the purple state currently he will get around to the EU India thing once he finishes his morning nap (Im on a Reddit admin warning for using certain words lol)