EU Hardens Against Trump on Trade and Iran

European Union leaders presented a determined front to stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to penalize EU businesses and scupper the Iran nuclear deal. As the bloc paved the way for retaliation, its 28 leaders meeting in the Bulgarian capital Sofia made a rare demonstration of unity in the face of what EU President Donald Tusk called the “capricious assertiveness” of the Trump administration. May 17, 2018;  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-17/with-u-s-a-fickle-ally-europe-takes-a-stand-on-trade-and-iran

The upcoming solar eclipse of July 13 is already beginning to affect world events especially at those places where it placed  on the angles.  At the Bulgarian capital Sofia, the eclipse is placed very significantly on the Ascendant. It is extremely powerful since it is conjunct the TNP Kronos opposite Pluto and square the TNP Zeus. The eclipse is conjunct the star Castor of sidereal Gemini.About sidereal Gemini and the Twins, Nick Fiorenza writes:

Sidereal Gemini is of high intensity intellectual communication, information, commerce, goods and services, and of their exchange.

Kronos-Pluto : differences of opinion (Kronos) are actually power struggles (Pluto).

Zeus-Kronos: to be angry at  laws, leaders or people “over” you; leaders or governments on the edge of restraint. [Martha Wescott]

So the power struggle is about trade and commerce. Remember that the Twins are often at loggerheads. While they are depicted hugging each other, the bow and arrow in Castor's left hand and the club in Pollux's right hand suggest that they can easily go to war!