Oettinger: playing game Trump not count

The US president Donald Trump plays a game of divide and rule with the European Union and the Member States themselves do not get drawn into.

'Especially First, we must be careful that we do not play this game,' Oettinger said on radio station Deutschlandfunk. Especially Germany must pay for it. Trump said that the EU has become a vehicle for German interests. He thinks other countries the example of Britain, which gets out of the EU to follow.

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Oettinger has urged EU countries urged to be more confident in dealing with Trump. 'We have the larger market. As a team we are stronger. '