Disinfo: The United States keeps all European countries "on a short leash"

Summary

Of the main trump cards that Washington is going to use in its political games against Russia, the infrastructures of the European Union and NATO should be particularly noted. The very structure of the EU is bureaucratically built in such a way that allows the United States to keep all European countries "on a short leash".

Disproof

Recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative, accusing the EU of being subordinate to the US and serving Washington’s interests, portraying Europe as a vassal of the USA and trying to undermine the sovereignty of European countries.

Contrary to the claim about the EU’s submission to the US, the European Union is a sovereign entity, created by the voluntary initiative of European nations, and it has its own, independent foreign policy. Its citizens are directly represented in the European Parliament and Member States are represented in the European Council and the Council of the EU. The United States of America is not part of these institutions. The US has no say in its decisions. The US is an important ally to the EU but the latter's policy is not determined by the US, as explained by the EU High Representative.

Read similar disinformation cases claiming that EU and NATO member states are subordinate to the US, while the US has long regarded the EU as a kind of protectorate, that lined up with the US, the EU never took independent decisions, that Europe is a colony of the United States, that When the US orders, the EU complies.

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  • Reported in: Issue 240
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23/03/2021
  • Article language(s) Russian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: EU, US
  • Keywords: US presence in Europe, Puppets, European Commission, European Parliament
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