He argues that current European leaders are unpopular, incompetent, and functionally obedient to American priorities rather than to European publics.
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American Influence
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "so i think that the problem is that the europeans have lost national sovereignty they have lost um autonomous decision -making uh decisions uh..."
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"so i think that the problem is that the europeans have lost national sovereignty they have lost um autonomous decision -making uh decisions uh..."
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