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Trump announces the closure of several diplomatic posts in Europe, which countries are affected?

2025-03-07 13:08:37Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Trump announces the closure of several diplomatic posts in Europe, which
Trump announces closure of several diplomatic posts in Europe

The US State Department is preparing to close several consulates, mainly in Western Europe, in the coming months, and is also considering reducing the number of employees globally, several US officials said.

The department is also considering merging some of its specialized offices in Washington, which deal with issues such as human rights, refugees, global criminal justice, women's issues, and the fight against human trafficking.

Reuters reported last month that US missions around the world had been asked to consider cutting US and local staff by at least 10%, as part of the impossible cost-cutting efforts by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who have launched an extraordinary effort to cut costs in the US federal administration.

Last month, Donald Trump issued an executive order to overhaul the US foreign service to ensure "credible and effective implementation" of his foreign policy agenda.

"Critics say the potential cuts to the US diplomatic presence, along with the closure of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which has provided billions of dollars in global aid, risk undermining American leadership and leaving a dangerous vacuum that could be filled by adversaries such as China and Russia."

Donald Trump and Elon Musk say the US government is too big and that aid funded by American taxpayers has been spent in a wasteful and unbelievable way.

Leipzig, Hamburg and Dusseldorf in Germany, Bordeaux and Strasbourg in France, and Florence in Italy are among the smaller consulates the State Department is considering closing, three officials said, adding that this could change as some staff are arguing for them to remain open, the Guardian writes.

The department operates in more than 270 diplomatic missions around the world with a total workforce of almost 70,000 employees, according to its website. Kosovapress.


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