Heritage Foundation openly calls for the end of the European Union

https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/2595747-trump-denktank-pleit-openlijk-voor-einde-europese-unie

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  1. **Trump think tank openly calls for the end of the European Union**

    “It is in the interest of the United States and Europe” that the European Union be dissolved. That is what Nile Gardiner, director of the Heritage Foundation’s European arm, told Nieuwsuur. That conservative think tank is known as the principal architect of policy for the second term of U.S. President Donald Trump.

    The Trump administration supports “movements and political leaders in Europe” who “are pro‑American and believe Europe must go in a different direction,” Gardiner says. He is referring to leaders in Italy, Poland and Hungary, whom the conservative thinker views as “important allies.”

    In February Vice President J.D. Vance already voiced sharp criticism of Europe. This summer further indications emerged that the U.S. is aiming for a shift in power.

    According to the new U.S. national security strategy, published this month, Europe “risks losing its civilization through immigration and the erosion of national identities.” The document praises nationalist parties “that want to preserve the individual character and history of European countries” and supports patriotic parties in their struggle to dismantle the EU from within.

    In response, European Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty called for courage against American criticism of the EU. European heads of government reacted conspicuously little. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was vocal and called the plan “unacceptable and intolerable.”

    The chair of the European Parliament committee that maintains contact with the U.S. called the security strategy “a frontal attack on the EU.” He said the White House’s words amount to interference in European elections.

    **“Warning to Europe”**

    Right‑wing parties also reacted positively to the U.S. policy document. MEP Mieke Andriese (PVV) this week called it a “clear strategic warning for Europe.” “Mass immigration threatens our European identity.”

    MEP Sander Smit (BBB), a member of a committee for strengthening European democracy, agrees with parts of the American criticism. “BBB does not support abolishing the EU, but believes the EU urgently needs internal reforms because of a democratic deficit, declining legitimacy and too much bureaucracy,” he told Nieuwsuur.

    Nile Gardiner now goes further with his plea for abolishing the EU. “I don’t see a single future scenario in which Europe is better off with the continued existence of the European Union than without it.”

    In Washington there are “deep‑rooted concerns about what is seen as the suppression of freedom of speech within the European Union,” Gardiner says. The EU, he argues, has too much power relative to member states.

    The conservative thinker points, among other things, to fines the European Commission imposed on the social platform X, owned by tech billionaire and former Trump adviser Elon Musk. The fines totaled €120 million and were levied for violations of an internet law. With such “attacks on American tech companies” the EU would be undermining American security.

    Furthermore, the Union would not listen to the voice of the people and would curtail the power of right‑wing radical parties such as the AfD. And the EU would open the doors to mass migration. Gardiner fears this will increase the influence of Islam. “All of this means the EU is doomed.”

    Gardiner says the plan to make the EU a defense power clashes with American interests. “This undermines the NATO alliance while diverting military resources,” he says. “NATO will hopefully endure for centuries, but the EU will eventually disappear.”

    The U.S. under Trump supports right‑nationalist parties in Europe that “push for more sovereignty and self‑determination,” Gardiner says. He names, among others, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Polish president Karol Nawrocki and Jordan Bardella, party leader of France’s Rassemblement National. Gardiner stresses that this is political support; there would be no financial assistance.

  2. The US has more probability to disolve than the UE.

  3. Isn’t this the same group that is responsible for writing the plan to destroy democracy in the US? Maybe it’s time that their organisation and donors are designated as terrorists.

  4. The funniest thing is ia that these idiots believe that if the EU vanishes, then each separate country will be friendly to the US and wouldnt try to be more neutral to countries like China.

  5. Can we label this foundation a terrorist organisation already?

  9. Good, if it’s in trumps interest it sure as hell isn’t in mine. Politics have never been soooo easy.

  11. Heritage Foundation is a hostile terrorist organization, which controls the US administration, endangering checks and balances, liberty of the people and the spirit of the founding fathers.

    If anything, they are an Anti-Heritage Organization. May their god judge them for the sins and corruption they commit.

    May the the Union rise to new glance, overshining the dark period which got initiates by those cowardly liars, thieves and wanna-be spin doctors.

  12. When are our leaders going to find the balls to publicly call the Heritage Foundation and each and every far-right Republican thnk-tank and organization “an enemy of Europe”?

    Such statements and behaviour from any other country not called United States would have resulted into this a long time ago.

    For how long are we going to keep accepting that we are subservient to the US?

    The politicians is one side of the coin – the other is the voters. Are they going to demand we stand up for ourselves, even at a financial cost for everyone that a rapidly escalating American hostility and withdrawal will bring? Or they are going to think with the pocket and flock to the far right, bowing to Trump, Putin and the ideolgy of bigotry?

  13. Why do we give these morons a platform. There are a lot of us in the United States that do not want this. We need help!

  14. Americans simply fear that Europe has become too powerful to control. Therefore, they want to destroy it so they can negotiate with every European country from a position of strength.

  15. Funny, I’ve been openly calling for the end of the Heritage Foundation

  16. Could we designate the Heritage Foundation as a terrorist organization?

  17. The heritage foundation produces propaganda against the Eu already for decades.

  18. “*We want to bully Europe and their pesky liberal democracies are getting in the way…the EU has to go*”

  20. America, Russia and China all dislike and fear one thing: an United Europe. Together we are strong! 

  21. EU should designate Heritage Foundation as a Foreign Hostile Entity.

  23. The Heritage Foundation can go fuck themselves. Their insanity should have zero influence 

  24. Is there a way to ban everyone associated with the Heritage Foundation from entering the EU?

  25. And I openly call for the end of Heritage Foundation

  26. So we have The Heritage Foundation, Elon Musk and fucking Medvedev calling to disband the EU. I think i know what side im on.

  27. I am not a fan of the European union in its current iteration but since heritage is saying this I guess I’ll have to become the EU’s greatest defender…

  29. The EU is the greatest organization in the history of mankind. Yes, it has a few issues and that’s normal, that’s human.

  30. Why does the heritage foundation sound exactly the same as Russian propaganda. Same bullet points

  33. The EU was literally built for more stability and peace in Europe. It worked too… Yes, maybe migration is a problem, but nations outside of the EU also have migration issues. Why keep acting like it is an exclusivly EU problem?

  34. Oligarchs and far-right US politicians want a divided, weakened Europe.
    That’s as simple as it can get.

    And nationalist parties are a joke, they’re the first to bend over to the first foreign dictator. What a shitty world…

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