“If you have to talk to the American administration, you have to talk about it standing up, not lying,” said Nathalie Loiseau, MEP Renew Europe

For the former Minister of European Affairs (2017-2019), the European Union must absolutely be united and firm in the face of the Trump administration.

“It’s necessary” Whether the European Union is ready to engage a standoff with the United States, says Nathalie Loiseau, European deputy Renew Europe (RE), in charge of international issues, guest of Franceinfo evening, Friday, January 24.

“If you have to talk to the American administration, you have to talk about it, not lying,” Consider the MEP, while Donald Trump, who has just been invested president in the United States, attacked the European Union several times. He notably renewed his threats to impose customs duties on European products. For Nathalie Loiseau, the European Union must remain firm. “We do not arrive in a negotiation against someone like Trump by saying ‘these are the concessions that we are ready to make’, before having entered the room”.

However, it is not, according to the MEP, a “Showboard for the showdown”, “the goal is simply to assert yourself, to be respected, to show that we are 450 million, that our opinion counts, that our laws count”. Nathalie Loiseau claims that the EU will be united.