Also keeping Europe up at night is the fear that Trump might pressure Ukraine to cede territory to Russia, encouraging Moscow to further encroach on countries on Europe's eastern flank.
BRUSSELS: With the United States’ presidential election a mere week away, many Europe an countries are nervous about the prospect of the return of former president Donald Trump to the White House.
“Hungary would 100 per cent put all its chips on a strong bilateral relationship with the United States and hope to get more influence through that in the European Union,” said Liana Fix, fellow for Europe at American think tank Council on Foreign Relations.
However, analysts said both presidential hopefuls would want to see more action from European partners. Trump has threatened to impose duties of up to 20 per cent on all goods imported to the US, which would apply to the EU as well.
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