
leaving host countries to decide whether to wind down these protections, push for integration, or nudge refugees back home
It could also be a mix of all of the above. I think determining the optimal approach depends on way too many factors (many of which are unknown yet) and it makes sense to let each country decide. To me it would be surprising if the EU already had a (public and agreed upon) plan, specially considering how heterogeneous of a group the EU is and all the burocracy when taking decisions (which isn’t necessarily a good/bad thing).
Utimately, after the war, it’s also up to each Ukranian to decide whether to integrate or return. I think most (if not all) EU members would welcome anyone who legally integrates and support anyone who wants to go back.
This does not make the (hypothetical) ceasefire a bad thing, it makes the war a bad thing.
I’ve been advocating protectionism in EU, even before Trump did it first.
The EU is way behind when it comes to very important strategic markets in relation to digital services… I feel import taxes in those sectors would make the EU stronger. EU might be good with cars and vehicles, but imho that’s a legacy market that’s not really fitting for the EU anyway, we are a dense enough area to be able to work pretty well without the need of cars (pushing for public transport + bicycles is another thing I’ve been advocating for ages).
The problem is that the existing exporters in the EU didn’t want to get shot in the foot… so I was very happy when I heard Trump would apply these tariffs, because it could finally be the push for the shift we needed.