Europe awaits US midterm results: what they could change in relations with Washington
The results of the US midterm congressional elections will become known overnight into Wednesday, and EU countries are watching closely. A POLITICO podcast examines whether an electoral setback for Donald Trump would change US policy toward Europe.
Results of the US midterm congressional elections are due overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, and the European Union's 27 member states are waiting for them with great impatience. Washington's decisions have hit them hard in recent times. The vote comes roughly two years after President Donald Trump was re-elected.
Will there be an electoral setback?
Polls predict an electoral setback for Trump, so Europeans are asking what such an outcome would mean in practice. According to the source, EU countries feel the full force of decisions by a US president described as hostile toward them. These concern several issues: the Middle East, the war in Ukraine, customs tariffs and Greenland.
Can Congress change course?
The broader question is whether Europeans can hope for any shift in policy if Democrats gain the upper hand in Congress. The topic is discussed in the political podcast Playbook Paris by journalist Anthony Lattier and Nicholas Vinocur. Vinocur is POLITICO's international relations specialist and co-author of the Brussels Playbook newsletter.
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The source gives no specific predicted results or figures, so the exact outcome and its effect on Europe will become clearer only once official results are published.
