The US pounds the European Union in sharpest takedown yet as bloc mulls future of alliance

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The US pounds the European Union in sharpest takedown yet as bloc mulls future of alliance  After a rough week in which the US criticised the EU on everything from migration to regulation, Europeans are contemplating the future of the transatlantic relationship, but remain divided on how to respond.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/12/10/the-us-pounds-the-european-union-in-sharpest-takedown-yet-as-bloc-ponders-future-of-allian  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Within the past week, the Trump administration has criticized the EU more aggressively than

00:07ever, from belittling Europe's international standing to commenting on entirely sovereign

00:12matters like migration and regulation. First, a U.S. government national security strategy

00:18document warned the EU should change course on a range of issues or risk what it described

00:23as civilizational erasure. Meanwhile, Elon Musk suggested the EU should be abolished

00:29after his social media platform X was fined for breaching digital rules.

00:34The U.S. president himself doubled down on the EU during an interview with Politico, where

00:39he used especially harsh language to describe his country's European allies.

00:44They're not doing a good job, Europe is not doing a good job in many ways. They're not

00:48doing a good job. They talk too much and they're not producing. We're talking about Ukraine.

00:55They talk, but they don't produce. And the war just keeps going on and on. But most European

01:04nations, they're decaying. They're decaying.

01:10The European Commission has opted to de-escalate tensions in order to stabilize the relationship

01:15with Washington. But critics say the answer may lie in taking greater responsibility and

01:20becoming more independent in critical areas.

01:44Europeans are contemplating the future of the transatlantic relationship but remain divided

01:49on how to respond. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has not yet addressed the

01:54U.S. national security document, nor the Moskvime.

01:57fine.

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