DISINFO: Europe is losing to US hegemony
SUMMARY
Europe is facing the inability to maintain its position in the world system due to the complete domination of the US over Europe; instead of providing security and economic development, the US provided suicidal measures in the energy sector and the transfer of European industry to the US.
RESPONSE
A recurring pro-Kremlin narrative about the war in Ukraine and the US having malicious intentions towards Europe, trying to deflect responsibility for the war from Russia by claiming that the US would benefit from it and has a hidden agenda related to the war.
Although the US is an important and historical ally of Europe, the European Union and European states are sovereign entities that shape their own policy and make own decision. The EU is created by the voluntary initiative of European nations, and it has its own, independent foreign policy. Its citizens are directly represented in the European Parliament and Member States are represented in the European Council and the Council of the EU.
Although the United States is not part of these institutions, and has no say in its decisions, the US is an important long-term ally to the EU.
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