EU needs deals with India, others to reduce US dependency, von der Leyen says

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1. Not many people seem to have paid attention to von der Leyen’s State of the Union speech earlier this month. She was extremely critical of Trump and repeatedly called for Europe to seek new partnerships and build a multipolar, multilateral world order, in order to counter bullying by both Russia *and* the United States.

2. Well, yeah. India and the EU are on the same position, too small and too dependant to fully take on the US and China and too big and, let’s be honest, too proud to just meekly bend the knee and accept terms. An alliance between them to create a block that doesn’t just get bullied repeatedly is the logical move, but that’s far easier say than done.

3. Very interesting that there was little to no coverage on the [Russo-Belarusian Zapad 2025 military exercises](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/16/india-joined-belarus-russia-war-games-amid-signs-of-rift-with-us), which India, alongside a few other countries, participated in. Perhaps the scale was too small for it to make it into the headlines?

   But I also wouldn’t be surprised if it was intentionally ignored so that this trade deal could be secured as soon as possible.

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