What Trump Plans for Austria

According to the platform "Defense One," citing a longer, previously unpublished version of the new US security strategy, Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Poland are listed as countries with which the US "should cooperate more... with the aim of pulling them away from the (European Union)."

Trump wants to detach Austria from the EU

The daily newspapers "Die Presse" and "Der Standard" reported on this. Based on the premise that Europe is facing a "civilizational extinction" due to its immigration policy and the "censorship of free speech," the document suggests 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 further states: "And we should support parties, movements, as well as intellectual and cultural figures who strive for 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 urging European NATO members to wean themselves off American military support, "Defense One" further wrote.

The US security strategy sparked heated debates in the National Council on Wednesday. The NEOS used a current European hour for sharp criticism of the FPÖ and, in their view, other "henchmen" of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Now is the time for the decision for a stronger, more confident Europe, demanded Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger (NEOS).

(APA/Red)

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