France and Germany are responding to the answer to the US trading transaction

The leaders of the two largest economies of Europe have led the choir of gloomy reactions to the trade transaction reached between Ursula’s main EU von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump.

German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz said the agreement “greatly damaged” the finance of his country, while French Prime Minister François Bayer said it was equivalent to “serve”.

The reaction was insufficient through the block – though several capitals acknowledged that the signing of an uneven transaction followed to avoid the trade war.

In the US, there will be a 15% tariff for most EU exports to the US – half the rate threatened by Trump – in return in Europe, buying more American energy and reducing taxes on some imports.

After private talks on the Golf Trump in Scotland, von der Leyen called the agreement as a “huge deal”, while Trump said it would bring the US and the EU closer to each other.

The transaction will require the approval of all 27 EU members, each of which has different interests and levels of dependence on export of goods to the US.

While no state stated that it intended to block it, there was little celebration among the European leaders.

Merz warned that the US and the European economy would be adversely affected, but also stated that Brussels’ talks could not count on achieving more “against the US president who decided to balance relations with major trading partners.

Bayer was more damned by writing on X: “It is a dark day when the union of free peoples gathered to confirm its common values and defend its common interests, refuses to represent.”

Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban, a close ally Trump, said the US president “ate von der Leyen for breakfast.”

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he would support it without admiration.

During the weeks of creating final negotiations in the EU, a growing appetite has occurred among some European leaders to increase Trump pressure using the so-called camera that would blocked US companies access to European markets.

But of the 30% of the tariffs that come, the EU has made a deal from its members – one that still struck an economic blow, but less serious, which was afraid when Trump initially threatened imports.

Von der Leyen sought to present it as a success on Sunday – but on Monday, even the leader of her European People’s Party Montfred Weber called it “control over damage”.

While the wide outline of this transaction was agreed, its details will be finalized after technical negotiations – and despite the skepticism of some, Europe was also widely relieved.

The Finnish Prime Minister said to provide “so much predictability”, while Ireland’s Minister of Trade Simon Harris said he was certainly “necessary for jobs, growth and investment”.

Defending his conditions at a press conference on Monday, EU Trade Commissioner Moros Sfkovich said it was “the best deal we could get under very difficult circumstances.”

He also pointed to the consequences of maintaining heart trading relations with the United States in the context of Ukraine’s war.

He said that Europe and the United States were “aligned on geopolitical issues”, came with an “additional price”.