- New
report warns Europe’s decline underway. - Economic,
political, cultural crises highlighted. - Sparks
fierce debate among European leaders.
According to the National Security Strategy (NSS) study,
which President Trump approved, Europe is in danger of “civilizational
erasure.”
Europe’s woke “censorship” and “mass
migration” policies are harshly criticized in the manifesto, which asserts
that the region may become “unrecognisable in 20 years or less.”
In sharp contrast to EU leaders who accused the US of
deserting Europe, Moscow lauded the 33-page plan as “largely
consistent” with its worldview.
Its publication emphasizes the growing divide between
Washington and Brussels even further.
“For the first time since the end of the Second World
War, the USA is no longer standing by the Europeans,”
German lawmaker,
Norbert Röttgen said.
“If this strategy were to succeed, the EU would no
longer exist,”
he contended.
António Costa, president of the European Council, accused
Washington of going too far.
Geert Wilders, a hard-right leader in the Netherlands,
praised the news, saying that “President @realDonaldTrump @POTUS speaks
the truth.”
“What we cannot accept is the threat to interfere in
European politics,”
he said.
“The United States cannot replace Europe in what its
vision is of freedom of expression.”
European leaders were further irritated by the report’s
refusal to depict Moscow as a security threat and its assertion that the EU is
impeding US attempts to put an end to the conflict in Ukraine.
Third-party interference is unnecessary, according to German
Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, who claimed that Europe “does not need
outside advice.”
“This strategy continues to talk about Europe as an ally.
That’s fine, but if we are allies, we must act as allies.”
He insisted that:
“The United States remains an important
ally, the United States remains an important economic partner, but Europe must
be sovereign”.
Washington is “no longer standing by Ukraine, a country
against which a brutal war of annihilation is being waged in violation of
international law,” Römgen warned.
Costa warned that without action, alliance rhetoric is
worthless.
Longtime Trump backer Viktor Orbán of Hungary reversed
course, supporting the US-Russian conversations but criticizing EU support for
Ukraine.
“Weak Europe is left out of shaping its own future
and chooses to talk instead,”
he contended.
Dmitry Peskov described the report as “a positive
step” and praised its call for collaboration rather than conflict with
Russia. Moscow also praised the study.
Trump referred to the NSS as “a roadmap to ensure that
America remains the greatest and most successful nation in human history”
in the introduction, which was released on Friday.
It accuses European governments of violating democratic
standards and calls for a “expeditious cessation of hostilities” in
Ukraine in order to “reestablish strategic stability with Russia” and
“stabilise European economies.”
It exhorts US politicians to back “resistance to
Europe’s current trajectory within European nations” and demands the
restoration of “Western identity.”
“A large European majority wants peace, yet that desire
is not translated into policy, in large measure because of those governments’
subversion of democratic processes,”
the document states.
The paper accuses the EU of implementing migrant policies
that are “transforming the continent,” restricting expression, and
destroying liberty.
It wonders if some NATO nations possibly turning into
“majority non-European” nations would continue to hold the same
worldview as the alliance’s founders and forecasts that Europe would be
“unrecognisable” in 20 years.
In order to promote a “revival of spirit,” the
White House praises “patriotic European parties” with these cautions.
Trump recently praised Orbán as a “great leader,”
and the administration has publicly nurtured connections with Germany’s AfD.
This is true even if Hungary was referred to be a
“hybrid regime of electoral autocracy” by the European Parliament.
The text also echoes remarks made by JD Vance, who said in
Munich that the biggest threat facing Europe is “from within.”
In response, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk made a direct
plea to Americans, stating,
“Europe is your closest ally, not your
problem.”
Since President Donald Trump took office again in January,
this is the administration’s first security plan.
It coincides with the US’s efforts to put a stop to Russia’s
war with Ukraine.
Trump had earlier criticized Zelensky, suggesting that he
was merely waiting for Kyiv’s own negotiators to “love” the peace
proposal.
According to Trump, Vladimir Putin would accept this similar
agreement.
Zelensky will meet with Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, and
Sir Keir Starmer in Downing Street today to review the results of rigorous
negotiations between the United States and Ukraine.
The three NATO countries with the biggest actual military
budgets are represented by these three leaders.
The discussion will “focus on ongoing peace
negotiations and next steps,” according to Downing Street.
This occurs in the context of Trump allegedly intimidating
Zelensky into accepting the settlement in front of the public.
“I have to say that I am a little bit disappointing that
President Zelensky hasn’t yet read the proposal,”
said Trump.
What are the main economic indicators cited in the report?
The Heritage Foundation’s” Europe’s Civilizational
Decline” report (December 7, 2025) cites crucial profitable pointers
showing recession 1 normal GDP growth cast for 2026- 2030 (vs. 2.5 US),
productivity 30 below US/ Asia situations, energy costs 3x global normal due to
net- zero programs, 40 youth severance in southern Europe, and 7 rise in
business insolvencies projected for 2025.
Fertility rates at 1.3 (below relief), with migration
driving 20non-EU population growth by 2040. Public debt comprising 90 GDP, weal
spending over 15 amid stagnant duty earnings.
These bolster warnings of “unrecoverable decline” without
policy reversal, fueling EU- far right clashes. Majoritynon-European” NATO
nations by 2040s from migration/ birthrate collapse.
