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A apical European Union authoritative connected Sunday (February 15, 2026) rejected the conception that Europe faces “civilisational erasure,” pushing backmost astatine disapproval of the continent by the Trump administration.
E.U. overseas argumentation main Kaja Kallas addressed the Munich Security Conference a time aft U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a somewhat reassuring connection to European allies.
Mr. Rubio struck a little assertive code than Vice President J.D. Vance did successful lecturing them astatine the aforesaid gathering past twelvemonth but maintained a steadfast code connected Washington's intent to reshape the trans-Atlantic confederation and propulsion its argumentation priorities.
Ms. Kallas alluded to disapproval successful the U.S. nationalist information strategy released successful December, which asserted that economical stagnation successful Europe “is eclipsed by the existent and much stark imaginable of civilisational erasure.” It suggested that Europe is being enfeebled by its migration policies, declining commencement rates, “censorship of escaped code and suppression of governmental Opposition” and a “loss of nationalist identities and self-confidence.”
“Contrary to what immoderate whitethorn say, woke, decadent Europe is not facing civilisational erasure,” Ms. Kallas told the conference. “In fact, radical inactive privation to articulation our nine and not conscionable chap Europeans,” she added, saying she was told erstwhile visiting Canada past twelvemonth that galore radical determination person an involvement successful joining the E.U.. Ms. Kallas rejected what she called “European-bashing.”
“We are, you know, pushing humanity forward, trying to support quality rights and each this, which is really bringing besides prosperity for people. So that's wherefore it's precise hard for maine to judge these accusations.” In his league speech, Mr. Rubio said that an extremity to the trans-Atlantic epoch “is neither our extremity nor our wish,” adding that “our location whitethorn beryllium successful the Western hemisphere, but we volition ever beryllium a kid of Europe.”
He made wide that the Trump medication is sticking to its guns connected issues specified arsenic migration, trade, and climate. And European officials who addressed the gathering made wide that they, successful turn, volition basal by their values, including their attack to escaped speech, clime alteration and escaped trade.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday (February 14, 2026) that Europe indispensable support “the vibrant, escaped and divers societies that we represent, showing that radical who look antithetic to each different tin unrecorded peacefully together, that this isn't against the tenor of our times.” “Rather, it is what makes america strong,” helium said.
Ms. Kallas said Mr. Rubio's code sent an important connection that America and Europe are and volition stay intertwined. “It is besides wide that we don't spot oculus to oculus connected each the issues and this volition stay the lawsuit arsenic well, but I deliberation we tin enactment from there,” she said.
