Europe’s leaders can no longer deny that the relationship with US has changed

The new US national security strategy codifies a seismic shift in transatlantic relations, say expertsThe president of the European Council of national leaders, António Costa, has warned Donald Trump’s administration against interfering in Europe’s affairs, as analysts said the US national security strategy represented a seismic shift in transatlantic relations.Released on Friday, the document claims Europe faces “civilisational erasure” because of migration and warns that a censorious EU “undermines political liberty and sovereignty”. It says the US will “cultivate resistance” in the bloc to “correct its current trajectory”. Analysts said the document confirmed not just the Trump administration’s hostility to Europe but its ambition to weaken it. Continue reading...