7 h. ago 'Trump wants to push Austria into Auxit': Europe up in arms over 'leaked US plan to pull countries away from EU'

The file, reported by Defense One, supposedly claims Trump intends to pull Austria, Italy , Hungary and Poland away from the EU and closer in to Washington's circle of influence.

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20 h. ago 'Leaked document shows US wants to pull four countries "away from the EU" as part of Make Europe Great Again strategy'

The secret file, reported by Defense One, supposedly claims Washington intends to withdraw Austria, Italy , Hungary and Poland from the EU altogether.

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21 h. ago 'Leaked document shows US wants to pull four countries out of the EU as part of Make Europe Great Again strategy'

The secret file, reported by Defense One, supposedly claims Washington intends to withdraw Austria, Italy , Hungary and Poland from the EU altogether.

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51 h. ago The US is not just Europe’s unwilling ally, but an adversary steeped in far

Don’t say you weren’t warned: Trump’s new national security strategy seeks to destroy liberal democracy as we know itOn the same day that Donald Trump received his made-to-order “peace prize” from his newest pal, Fifa president “Johnny” Infantino, his administration published an equally gaudy national security strategy. The relatively short document oozes Trump and Trumpism. It starts out with the typically modest claim that the president has brought “our nation – and the world – back from the brink of catastrophe and disaster”.Even if the strategy mostly formalises the ongoing actions and statements of Trump and his administration, it should be heeded as a warning for the world, and Europe in particular.Cas Mudde is the Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF professor of international affairs at the University of Georgia, and author of The Far Right Today Continue reading...

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68 h. ago German leader says US strategy shows the need for more European security independence

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the Trump administration’s new national security strategy underscores the need for Europe to become “much more independent” from the United States in terms of security policy

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69 h. ago Europe live: Parts of US national security strategy ‘unacceptable’ for Europe, says Merz

German leader says there is ‘no need for the Americans to want to save democracy in Europe’Oh, and a little warning shot from EU’s Kallas:“If we go into the fight [of] pointing fingers, I mean, we can also point a lot of fingers [on] what is wrong in America, but this is not the way we work, we are not going to meddle with the internal affairs of other countries.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump has declared civilisational war on Europe. It won’t be easy – but here’s how to fight back | Paul Taylor

With democratic values under attack from populists within and former allies without, there are no simple solutionsThree decades after political philosopher Francis Fukuyama declared the End of History and the “universalisation of western liberal democracy as the final form of human government”, the democratic model is under attack in many parts of the world, not least here in Europe. Populists bent on weakening the rule of law, rolling back human rights protections, subjugating the judiciary and cowing independent journalism are amplified by anything-goes social media algorithms that promote anger and polarisation over rational discourse.They have now received a mandate from the Trump administration, which effectively declared civilisational war on the EU and its values in its National Security Strategy.Paul Taylor is a senior visiting fellow at the European Policy Centre Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump turns on Europe: will he pull support for Ukraine? | The Latest

Donald Trump has loomed large over Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with European leaders, after the US president took aim at the Ukrainian leader once again. It comes in the wake of a new White House national security strategy that has caused fear in Europe, but drawn praise from the Kremlin. Lucy Hough speaks to our Europe correspondent Jon Henley. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago US v EU: How Trump is gunning for Europe's woke policies, mass migration and liberal leaders, sparking fury in Brussels

A new U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) has accused Europe of economic and cultural deterioration, sending shockwaves through Brussels but delighting the continent's populist parties.

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3 d. ago Moscow praises Trump's new 'national security strategy' which warns mass migration will leave Europe 'unrecognisable within 20 years' and does not cast Russia as a threat

The Kremlin publicly embraced the sweeping 33-page report, which outlines the US president's vision for the world and sets out dramatic changes to American priorities.

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4 d. ago Trump’s new doctrine confirms it. Ready or not, Europe is on its own | Georg Riekeles and Varg Folkman

We can move from defensive crouch to position of strength but only if we use the economic cards we have against US coercionEurope is on a trajectory towards nothing less than “civilisational erasure”, the Trump administration claims in its extraordinary new National Security Strategy, a document that blames European integration and “activities of the European Union that undermine political liberty and sovereignty” for some of the continent’s deepest problems.Everybody should have seen it coming after Washington’s humiliating 28-point plan for Ukraine. JD Vance’s shocking Munich speech in February, in which he suggested that Europe’s democracies were not worth defending was an early red flag. But the new words still land as a shock. The security document is the clearest signal yet of how brutally and transactionally Washington wants to engage with the continent. It marks another phase in Trump’s attempt to reshape Europe in his ideological image while at the same time abandoning it m...

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4 d. ago Zelensky to huddle with European leaders in London as Kremlin praises Trump’s new security strategy

Zelensky to huddle with European leaders in London as Kremlin praises Trump’s new security strategy  CNN

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4 d. ago Zelensky meets European leaders in London as Kremlin praises Trump’s new security strategy

Zelensky meets European leaders in London as Kremlin praises Trump’s new security strategy  CNN

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6 d. ago Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump – but will it? | Timothy Garton Ash

Whether using frozen Russian assets, ramping up defence production or deepening the relationship with the EU, it is up to us to secure Ukraine’s future – and our ownEurope, you have been warned. President Vladimir Putin has waged a full-scale war against Ukraine for nearly four years and this week threatened that Russia was “ready right now” for war with Europe if need be. President Donald Trump has demonstrated that the US is ready to sell out Ukraine for the sake of a dirty deal with Putin’s Russia. His new US National Security Strategy prescribes “cultivating resistance to Europe’s current trajectory within European nations”. How much more clarity do you need?Now it’s up to us Europeans to enable Ukraine to survive armed assault from Moscow and diplomatic betrayal from Washington. In doing so, we also defend ourselves. For a year now, people have been telling me that Trump will eventually get tough on Russia. It’s been the geopolitical version of Waiting for Godot. Then his perso...

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6 d. ago Eurovision has faced political boycotts before – how does the latest compare?

Decision by four countries to pull out over Israel’s inclusion is significant for the contest but crisis may not be existentialThe decision by four European broadcasters to boycott next year’s Eurovision over Israel’s inclusion is undoubtedly a watershed moment in the 70-year history of the song contest.One of the few genuinely popular, non-elitist and pan-European cultural events will be without Spain, one of the “big five” nations in terms of financial contributions; Ireland, which has won the contest more times than any other country bar Sweden; the Netherlands, a 1956 founding member; and Slovenia, symbolic of the EU’s eastward enlargement. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago ‘Civilisational erasure’: US strategy document appears to echo far

Official text, signed by Donald Trump, outlines plan to ‘cultivate resistance’ in EU nations to their ‘current trajectory’Donald Trump’s administration has said that Europe faces “civilisational erasure” within the next two decades as a result of migration and EU integration. In a policy document, it argues that the US must “cultivate resistance” within the continent to “Europe’s current trajectory”.Billed as “a roadmap to ensure America remains the greatest and most successful nation in human history and the home of freedom on earth”, the US National Security Strategy makes explicit Washington’s support for Europe’s far-right parties. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago ‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right

Text signed by president seems to echo ‘great replacement’ theory, saying Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’ Donald Trump’s administration has said Europe faces “civilisational erasure” within the next two decades as a result of migration and EU integration, arguing in a policy document that the US must “cultivate resistance” within the continent to “Europe’s current trajectory”.Billed as “a roadmap to ensure America remains the greatest and most successful nation in human history and the home of freedom on earth”, the US National Security Strategy makes explicit Washington’s support for Europe’s far-right parties. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Trump warns Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’ within 20 years because of migration & EU in explosive new report

TRUMP has warned Europe will face a "civilisational erasure" within 20 years. The bombshell remarks blame the EU and migration for what Trump anticipates will be Europe's downfall. The claims come from the official US National Security Strategy released overnight, which tells of the broad continental decline Europe will soon face. A "total cultural unravelling"...

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6 d. ago Donald Trump LIVE: President warns Europe under threat of 'civilisational erasure'

Donald Trump and his administration have claimed Europe faces total cultural unravelling in the new US National Security strategy

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6 d. ago Donald Trump warns Europe they face ‘civilizational erasure’ within 20 years

US President Donald Trump has published new U.S. National Security Strategy and included a warning to Europe that it faces the "prospect of civilizational erasure"

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