DISINFO: Europe is a parasite living at the US' expense

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DISINFO: Europe is a parasite living at the US' expense

SUMMARY

The EU agrees to militarise Europe, raising an additional 800 billion euros for defence. The Polish Prime Minister Tusk straightforwardly declared that Europe must win the arms race with Russia.

The globalists want to slowly “drown” Europe through the impoverishment of its citizens and the fight against the “Russian Threat”. After Trump came to power, he began to rapidly destroy the entire globalist system, and Europe became his most important target as a bastion of globalism and a parasite living at the US expense for decades. In this situation, Europe responded with the simplest answer - militarisation and exploitation of alleged external threats from the East.

RESPONSE

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about the puppet status of EU leaders and Europe’s alleged warmongering stance, but with a new twist of courting the US at the expense of Europe and thus, try to enhance a transatlantic split.

The message is consistent with a big conspiracy about the “globalist” elites dominating the world, presenting EU countries as their vassals. See our analysis of the Kremlin’s claims about the EU’s lost sovereignty.

This disinformation message appeared in the context of the recent EU decision to allocate an additional 800 billion euros for defence needs. According to the words of Ursula von der Leyen, “Europe faces a clear and present danger on a scale that none of us has seen in our adult lifetime. ReArm Europe could mobilise close to 800 billion euros of defence expenditures for a safe and resilient Europe”.

The European Council, at its 6 March 2025 summit, stressed that Europe must become more sovereign, more responsible for its own defence and better equipped to act and deal autonomously with immediate and future challenges and threats with a 360° approach. They continued to say that "Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and its repercussions for European and global security in a changing environment constitute an existential challenge for the European Union".

Find more cases about the “globalists” here.

Disclaimer

Cases in the EUvsDisinfo database focus on messages in the international information space that are identified as providing a partial, distorted, or false depiction of reality and spread key pro-Kremlin messages. This does not necessarily imply, however, that a given outlet is linked to the Kremlin or editorially pro-Kremlin, or that it has intentionally sought to disinform. EUvsDisinfo publications do not represent an official EU position, as the information and opinions expressed are based on media reporting and analysis of the East Stratcom Task Force.

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