Post-American Europe

European think-tank:

[...] a study on Monday called “Toward a Post-American Europe,” based on wide-ranging interviews and research conducted in the 27 E.U. member states. In it, the authors make a clear appeal to European leaders: This “fetishization” of the trans-Atlantic relationship must stop, write Jeremy Shapiro and Nick Witney. It is high time that Europe declare a new, “post-American” age and do away with old myths about the trans-Atlantic relationship. Myths like the idea that the continent’s security is dependent on American protection, is one example they cite. Or the one about American and European interests being the same at heart. Or the myth about European unity being damaging to the trans-Atlantic relationship because, as the authors put it, “ganging up on the US would be improper – indeed counterproductive – given the ’special relationship’ that most European states believe they enjoy with Washington.” SOURCE