site.btaMEP Radan Kanev: From European Perspective, US Elections Outcome Is Not Good

The outcome of the United States elections is not good from a European perspective, Bulgarian MEP Radan Kanev (EPP/DSB) told a news conference for Bulgarian journalists in Brussels Wednesday.

Kanev commented that the election results across the Atlantic bode not-so-smooth relations between the US and Europe – "not that they were very smooth under the Biden administration.”

With the final results yet to be announced officially, Donald Trump’s victory seems absolutely certain and much more compelling than initially expected, Kanev said. “Trump is poised for a very strong term, at least in the first two years, with a majority in the Senate. And an almost certain majority in the House of Representatives,” the Bulgarian politician said.

He noted that Europe should become “more engaged in its own defence, which had to happen anyway.”

“Europe needs to make sure that NATO’s centre of gravity shifts to our continent and dispel the impression that NATO is an appendage to America’s defence power,” Kanev argued.