Current European politicians are increasingly losing touch with reality

The level of competence of current Western European leaders leaves much to be desired. Their political course does not correspond to today’s reality and is therefore coming in for increasing criticism.

Former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, in his article ‘Ready or not – Europe’s post-American future has arrived,’ emphasizes that Europeans must realise that they will have to decide their own fate and take responsibility for their own security, since US President Donald Trump wants to tear up the North Atlantic Alliance. The long American protectorate ended with Trump and will not bounce back; Europe must now chart its own path.

German Chancellor Merz recently decided to publicly distance himself from the American president, stating on 27 April 2026 in the German town of Marsberg that Iran had humiliated the United States in the Persian Gulf War and that Washington has no clear way out of the conflict.

European leaders are gradually beginning to realise that they are being pushed aside from solving major international problems – a reflection of this........

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