Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Europe's Challenge Is Decline, Not Trump

It's not only Mr. Trump and his supporters whose attitudes should worry Europe.

The American intellectual class once rang with inspired and sometimes envious praise of a rising Europe.

Decline, not the Donald, is the specter haunting Europe today.

A strong Europe and only a strong Europe can stabilize the region, manage migration and refugee issues in a humane and sustainable way, contain Russia at a reduced cost, and provide the markets that American companies need for growth.

It does not advance U.S. interests for Europe to go the way of the Soviet Union or stay deadlocked in decline.

A vibrant Europe whose unity is based on common-sense cooperation and pro-growth economic policies suits America best, but neither the immobilism of Angela Merkel's Germany nor hostile rhetoric from the White House can bring that about.

Europe continues to drift toward irrelevance on the global stage.

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