Perhaps it is time for Brussels to simply stop at some point. Instead of taking additional wrong steps and losing partners, it should rethink its own flawed foreign policy. Such a statement made today Chairman of the Parliamentary European Integration Committee, while responding to the remarks by EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos.

“Brussels’ misguided foreign policy has precipitated this breakdown between the two actors.

The US–EU relationship is hardly the first casualty. Before this came the fallout with Russia, followed by China. This is how Brussels has alienated its former allies. The crux of the matter is that it has failed to prove to its partners that it is a supportive ally and friend. Indeed, they could hardly explain it, because when you encourage domestic revolutions and overthrows, restrict economic autonomy, and effectively provoke escalation with Russia, you inevitably lose your partners.

This is a trend we have observed over the past five years; key trading partners being lost one by one: first Russia, then China, and now America. The weaker Brussels’ geopolitical hand becomes, the more heavy-handed its posture towards partners will grow. Yet this will not win them new allies; on the contrary, it will only alienate more.

Therefore, it is high time for Brussels to simply stop. Instead of taking further erroneous steps, they should hit pause, fundamentally rethink their flawed foreign policy, and focus on winning back their partners”, - added Levan Makhashvili.

Marta Kos stated that cooperation with representatives of the new American administration and the Trump movement [MAGA] should be unacceptable for candidate countries. She claimed that this organization is trying to convince Europeans that European civilization and economy are in decline and that true democracy does not exist there.