10
Sep
2025
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Implementation of EU-US trade deal and the prospect of wider EU trade agreements (debate)
Mr President! The United States is lucky: You don't have to like Donald Trump, but the US president does his job 100 percent. He acts in the truest sense of the word in the interests of his fellow citizens. On the other side of the table, on the other hand, sits Ursula von der Leyen, a woman who did not stand on a single ballot in the European elections, who has already made a negative appearance with questionable immunization deals, who with the Green Deal For years, the competitiveness of our industry has been jeopardized and only a few weeks ago it survived a vote of no confidence here in the House. Weakened in this way, Ms von der Leyen has now presented a deal that will further threaten our European economy. With tariffs on steel and aluminium of 50 percent, all end products are affected, and this is exactly what makes these end products such as machines so expensive that our German exporters beat their hands over their heads. The German Chamber of Industry and Commerce has determined that more than half of the companies consider this deal to be a burden. It is time for the majority of this European Parliament to recognise that the Commission President herself is now the biggest burden on the future of the European economy.