BRUSSELS (Realist English). The EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has called for maintaining transatlantic unity after the Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy described Europe as facing “civilisational erasure” due to migration, censorship and supranational governance.
In an interview with Euronews at the Doha Forum, Kallas downplayed the unusually confrontational tone of the document, which also pledged US support for “patriotic European parties” and criticised the EU for undermining sovereignty. She insisted that Washington and Brussels remain strategic partners, particularly in confronting global security threats.
“Let’s focus on the things we can do together,” Kallas said. “We don’t always see eye to eye, but we face the same challenges — coercive practices from China, and malign actors like Russia, China and Iran.”
Her remarks come amid a turbulent week for EU–US relations. The European Commission fined Elon Musk’s platform X €120 million for violating transparency rules, prompting Musk to call for dismantling the EU and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to condemn the fine as “an abomination”.
The diplomatic friction coincides with sensitive negotiations over ending the war in Ukraine. European leaders — initially sidelined in US-Russia contacts — are now seeking to reassert their role. On Monday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in London for further talks.
