What evidence is there to the contrary?
The places one needs to travel in Europe to understand who makes decisions are the US military bases dotted all over Europe. So long as this military occupation of Europe continues, Europe does not have the sovereignty to make independent foreign policy decisions. That the US is gracious enough to let European countries run their own postal services is irrelevant.
So, how many countries in Europe have you been to?
How many should I have been to? All the evidence I see indicates they're typical McDemocracy franchises. I have a completely off-topic question but I think it gets to the heart of an important issue: How come there's isn't a single democracy that's hostile to the US? You'd think there'd be one if only by chance, but every single one is just a carbon copy of the US philosophically and rhetorically. Mocking it as McDemocracy is unfair - there's a lot more variation between McDonald's restaurants.
Some lovers' tiffs don't imply that Europe is sovereign and independent. When I see Europeans expelling American soldiers from their territory - by force of arms if need be - I'll reassess my opinion. Until then...
@tphuang Sir I may disagree, Trust had been broken and with it the goodwill. And IF China is able to produce the same equipment (even though less capable) then what is there to cooperate, they had become rivals. The European had the advantage now with EUVL monopoly, BUT within 2 years time, that monopoly with be shattered as China without a doubt will be able to produce an equivalent. Adversity and Necessity is the mother of invention, By refusing to sell to China by flimsy excuses they lost the Chinese market forever.
Europe didn't oppose the US invasion of Iraq, they opted out of it. No different to the UK opting out of Vietnam.
@Annihilation98 Happy to comply and an excerpt for your perusal.
I don't care who you are, if you have US bases in your country, you are never truly independent, and at worst a semi-colony (Japan). Even Singapore, with a Han Chinese majority, and whose entire geopolitical strategy revolves around playing both sides, 'chose' to sanction Russia and abandon Huawei.
That is factually false. France and Germany opposed it in UN. This was very well known. The relationship with France go so bad that US senators got their cafeteria menu to change "French Fries" to "Freedom fries"
@tphuang Sir my lesson in life, IF both have something to offer, you talk you cooperate and you do business, BUT IF you dealing with a monopoly, they will decide the winner and you are at their mercy.
I know, right? Every other country goes 14, 12, 10, 8 progress every month. Why's China so slow? India's doing potato chips, corn chips, almost at yam chips already and China still doesn't even have its first commercial EUV after 2-3 years. It's crazy slow.
Then go read the news on Google if you only want completed published news. We're here analyzing everything including whatever expertise we have in house trying to get ahead of the media. If that's not good enough for you, go somewhere else and don't spam with angry boy comments.