Kaja Kallas rejects ‘fashionable euro-bashing’ by US leaders and says other countries ‘look up to us’ – key US politics stories from 15 February at a glance
The European Union’s foreign policy chief has criticised US claims that Europe was facing “civilisational erasure” and rejected what she called “fashionable euro-bashing”.
Kaja Kallas told an audience at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday that other countries looked up to Europe for its values, such as press freedom.
She said: “Contrary to what some may say, woke, decadent Europe is not facing civilisational erasure. In fact, people still want to join our club, and not just fellow Europeans. In Canada, I was told over 40% of Canadians have an interest in joining the EU.”
The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has denied claims levelled by the US that Europe is facing civilisational erasure, rejecting what she condemned as “fashionable euro-bashing” by Washington.
