DISINFO: The EU lost its sovereignty and got weakened by the US
SUMMARY
Europe effectively lost its identity on the international scene, both in terms of security and diplomacy. The US has achieved much more than it was necessary in terms of weakening its main rival – today, this rival is the European Union, not China. The US has not only weakened but actually ‘de-Europeanised’ Europe, pushing it under the rule of the Russophobic, pro-American and anti-European ‘lobby’ of the Eastern European Limitrophe states.
RESPONSE
A recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about an alleged lost sovereignty of the EU and its member states (more examples). Pro-Kremlin outlets often portray European states as vassals, puppet states or colonies of the US and NATO.
The European Union is a sovereign entity, 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.
Read similar disinformation cases claiming that EU and NATO member states are subordinate to the US, while the US has long regarded the EU as a kind of protectorate, that lined up with the US, the EU never took independent decisions, that Europe is a colony of the United States, that When the US orders, the EU complies.