MUNICH
A top European Union official on Sunday rejected the Trump administration’s assertion that Europe faces “civilizational erasure,” delivering a sharp rebuke to Washington’s bleak assessment.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas addressed the Munich Security Conference a day after U.S.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a somewhat reassuring message to allies—less aggressive than Vice President JD Vance’s lecturing last year, but firm on Washington’s intent to reshape the trans-Atlantic alliance.
Kallas aimed her response at the U.S. national security strategy released in December, which argued that Europe’s economic stagnation “is eclipsed by the real and more stark prospect of civilizational erasure.”
The document blamed immigration policies, declining birth rates, suppression of speech and a “loss of national identities.”
“Contrary to what some may say, woke, decadent Europe is not facing civilizational erasure,” Kallas told the conference.
Her evidence? People still want in.
“In fact, people still want to join our club,” she said, noting that during a visit to Canada last year, she was told many Canadians have expressed interest in joining the EU.
By James Kisoo
