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Washington/Vienna (APA) – According to a media report, the US government under President Donald Trump wants to detach Austria and three other states from the European Union. As the platform “Defense One” reports, citing a longer, previously unpublished version of the new US security strategy, Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland are listed as countries with which the USA “should cooperate more… with the aim of pulling them away from the (European Union).”
The Austrian daily newspapers “Die Presse” and “Der Standard” initially reported this. Based on the premise that Europe is facing a “civilizational extinction” because of its immigration policy and the “censorship of freedom of expression,” the document proposes focusing US relations with European countries on a few nations with like-minded – presumably right-wing – governments and movements.
The cited national US security strategy goes on to say: “And we should support parties, movements, as well as intellectual and cultural figures that seek sovereignty and the preservation/restoration of traditional European ways of life… while remaining pro-American.”
“Make Europe Great Again”
The Trump administration wants to “make Europe great again” while calling on the European NATO members to wean themselves off American military support, “Defense One” further wrote.
The US security strategy sparked heated debates in the Austrian parliament on Wednesday. The liberal NEOS represented in the government used a current Europe session for sharp criticism of the opposition, right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and, in their view, other “henchmen” of Russian President Wladimir Putin. Now is the time to decide in favor of a stronger, more self-confident Europe, demanded Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger (NEOS).
The US government published its new security strategy on Friday. It announces a realignment of foreign policy. The European allies are harshly criticized in the paper, among other things because of their migration policy and an alleged suppression of freedom of expression. European Council President António Costa has rejected any interference in European affairs. (12/10/2025)