Europe has come to the painful realisation that it needs to be more assertive and more militarily independent from an authoritarian US administration that no longer shares a commitment to liberal democratic norms and values, a report prepared by the Munich Security Conference asserts.<\/p>\n
Polling commissioned for the report shows Europeans are increasingly willing to operate without US leadership and say it is no longer necessary.<\/p>\n
The MSC report accuses Trump of having a lust for destruction and of siding with Vladimir Putin. \u201cMost of Europe is watching the United States\u2019 descent into \u2018competitive authoritarianism\u2019 with rising concern or even horror, wondering how resilient US democracy really is,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n
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