The President of the European Council, António Costa, stated this Monday, December 8, that Europe cannot accept a “threat of interference” in its political life, following the release of the new US security strategy, which criticizes the Europeans.
“What we cannot accept is this threat of interference in the political life of Europe”, declared António Costa, in an intervention at the Jacques Delors Institute, highlighting that “the United States cannot replace European citizens in choosing which parties are good and which are bad parties”.
The US Administration, led by President Donald Trump, released on Friday a document that redefines its “National Security Strategy”, in which the leaves a warning about the risk of “civilizational extinction” in Europe.
According to the France-Presse agency, the long-awaited document formalizes the offensive launched by Washington against the European continent months ago.
“If current trends persist, the continent [europeu] it will be unrecognizable in 20 years or less”, states the document, which defends the “restoration of supremacy” of the USA in Latin America.
Among other targets of the North American Administration are European institutions that it claims undermine “political freedom and sovereignty”, migration policies, “censorship of freedom of expression and repression of political opposition, the collapse of birth rates and the loss of national identities and self-confidence” in Europe.
“We have differences in our views of the world, but this goes beyond that. This strategy continues to talk about Europe as an ally, but, if we are allies, we must act as allies” and respect each other’s sovereignty, defended António Costa.
For the president of the European Council, “the United States continues to be an important ally, the United States continues to be an important economic partner”.
“But our Europe must be sovereign”, he concluded.