It’s a bit delusional to say that EU countries are truly independent. Yes, any country can independently decide to leave the union – but as long as you’re part of it, you give up parts of your independence.
The EU is very strange. Yes, there is a global unifying policy but countries still have a wide autonomy.
Portugal has specific trade and travel agreements with individual countries, outside the wide EU policy. Other countries do this.
In this specific situation, we already know it will be the bloc handling as a whole the issue. Spain has already stated that all commercial tariffs must be addressed to Brussels, as it is part of the common external relations policy. But individual countries can add their twist to end.
It’s a bit delusional to say that EU countries are truly independent. Yes, any country can independently decide to leave the union – but as long as you’re part of it, you give up parts of your independence.
Parts, sure, but they also still have separate foreign policy apart from trade. As seen in the American War on Afghanistan for example.
The news talk about Kallas, not foreign ministers. Things have changed since Afghanistan.
The EU is very strange. Yes, there is a global unifying policy but countries still have a wide autonomy.
Portugal has specific trade and travel agreements with individual countries, outside the wide EU policy. Other countries do this.
In this specific situation, we already know it will be the bloc handling as a whole the issue. Spain has already stated that all commercial tariffs must be addressed to Brussels, as it is part of the common external relations policy. But individual countries can add their twist to end.
It is delusional to say any country is truly independent. (don’t know why you focus on the EU)
They all live is the world and trade with each other because no country makes all the resources they need themselves.