On the 6th, local time, the United States Secretary of Defense in France to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the D-day landings at an event wantonly“Attack” on Europe, accusing Europe is facing a“Migrant invasion. A day earlier, U.S. Vice President Vance followed the State Department in publicly accusing the British government of mishandling the killing of a white student, Novak, by an indian-american man, saying it was“Precisely the decline of civilization caused by the invasion of immigrants.”. Since Trump took office, the US administration has been fiercely critical of Europe’s immigration policy, claiming that“Migration is a threat to European civilisation”. The US-EU row over immigration has revealed deep rifts over values, foreign policy and strategy. Some analysts believe that the U. S. government has been taking strong immigration enforcement measures at home, triggering fierce partisanship. In this context, the United States publicly attacked the European immigration policy, portraying the European immigration issue as a“Warning sample for the future United States”, which has become a political tool to show strength to domestic voters and pressure the Democratic Party. At the same time, the US is trying to co-opt the anti-immigrant far right into a more favourable geopolitical arrangement. In response to the accusations, a British prime minister’s office spokesman said on the 6th that he condemns those who“Seek to interfere in our democracy and instigate division in our streets.” “Even in the worst of circumstances, our politics should unite the people,” he said.
On June 6, in colleville-sur-mer, France, United States Secretary of Defense Hegeses delivered a speech to mark the 82nd anniversary of the D-day invasion.
European public opinion strikes back at Hegesis
He spoke at the US military cemetery in colleville-sur-mer on the 82nd anniversary of the D-day invasion, AFP reported Sunday. He used the D-day landings 82 years ago to hint at the“Threat immigrants pose to Western civilisation”. “Sadly, today beaches across Europe are being invaded by dangerous ideologies: ships and people [ illegal immigrants ] are landing on beaches in Spain, Italy, Greece and Bulgaria,” he said, adding: “Will European countries take action against this invasion? Or is it too late?”
Hergeses’ comments sparked a collective backlash in European public opinion. “Hegesis on immigration ‘attack’ Europe.” BBC (BBC) website 7 in the front page of the headline reported that HEGESIS’s remarks as“Attack.”. The report said Heggseth accused European countries of“Allowing immigration to invade”. European countries, he said, “Have become so comfortable with hard-won freedom that they have forgotten that freedom is not free”, as our President Ronald Reagan once said, freedom is always a generation away from extinction. Reported that Hegesseth’s comments are senior U. S. government officials on the European immigration policy of further criticism.
He controversially compared the invasion of Normandy in 1944 with the current wave of immigration, calling it the“Great Crusades,” the German newspaper Le Monde said Monday, it was provocative. Germany’s“Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” said senior U. S. government officials used the D-day political propaganda, aimed at stoking“Fear of immigrants, for Europe painted a picture of unimaginable terror.
According to France Radio International reported that Hegesseth announced on the 6th to withdraw from the day of the d-day international landing ceremony, only to participate in the United States commemorative activities. French“View” weekly web site said that in addition to attacking the European immigration problem, Hegesseth also issued a renewed warning to Europe to increase defense budgets. “Allies such as France should take this reality seriously and prove it through concrete progress,” he said by name. Reported that Washington wants NATO allies to raise the defense budget to 5% of GDP, but only a very small number of countries agree, most European countries said they will increase defense spending, but still insist on the right to determine their own military spending.
La France occidentale criticized, the commemoration was supposed to be“A tribute to the young Allied soldiers who died on our beaches in the cause of democracy, the landing that freed Europe from the clutches of the Nazis”, but on the 6th Hegesses talked of War. Reports said, hegesseth“Espouses values that run counter to democracy, human rights and peace, as evidenced by his voluminous anti-european, bellicose and American supremacist rhetoric, and should be cancelled”.
Britain condemned those who“Foment secession”
U. S. “Political News Network” European edition 6, said Hegeses’s remarks with U. S. President Donald Trump and other senior officials echo, they have recently fierce criticism of Europe did not effectively control immigration. The report said that last December, the US national security strategy report directly said that Europe faced a“Serious risk of the demise of civilization” because of its immigration policy, trump has also repeatedly accused Europe of having“No future” over its immigration policy.
The day before Hegeses’s speech, Vice President Vance blamed the death of Novak, a white British man of Indian descent, on“The decline of civilization caused by the invasion of immigrants,” Reuters reported. He posted on social media: “Novak’s death is the death of a civilization in the same way: abandoned, handcuffed by authorities who neither trust him nor care about him… … If past generations of European elites had been able to resist the politics of self-hatred and the influx of immigrants, Novak might still be alive today,” Vance added, “Every time someone like him loses his life, the right response and the only response is anger.” Vance stressed that one of the most important things the Trump administration has proven to the world is that, stemming the tide of mass migration and defending national sovereignty was a matter of political will and leadership, and“Anything else is an excuse”. Reported earlier, the U. S. State Department also denounced the British authorities, “Double-standard law enforcement,” claiming that“Ideological control and double-standard law enforcement is a clear sign of civilization decline.
The BBC said the US claim was quickly refuted by the British government. A Downing Street spokesman issued a statement condemning those who“Seek to interfere with our democracy and try to instigate divisions in our streets”, but did not name Vance. The statement said: “Novak’s family is deeply saddened and expresses the hope that this incident will not be used to create further divisions, hatred or tensions. We should respect their wishes. Even in the worst of circumstances, our politics should unite the people.”
According to Reuters, European diplomats believe that the latest round of fierce attacks on Europe by senior U.S. officials has shifted the“Tectonic plates” that underlie european-u.s. relations, and set off speculation in Europe about how to deal with its mercurial ally. Lasker, the former American diplomat, said Europe could become bolder in opposing a US attack.
‘ arsonist gives fire lesson’ ?
The Trump administration has been highly critical of European immigration policy since it entered its second term in office, time said Monday. Speaking at the UN last year, Trump said Europe was going to hell because of“Uncontrolled migration”. In December, the US national security strategy directly stated that Europe faced“A grave risk of the demise of civilisation”. Vance, secretary of State Rubio and other top officials have repeatedly accused Europe of being unable to control its borders, saying it is“Too weak” and“On its way to civilizational decline.”.
The US is not just rhetorically critical of Europe, but openly supports co-opting Europe’s far-right and populist parties. The US State Department is preparing to announce a series of grants aimed at reshaping European politics more like the“Make America great again” campaign, the Irish Times reported Monday. Reported that the United States aims to support and aid anti-european political groups, trying to change Europe’s“Trajectory of development.”.
Regarding the overt interference of the United States in European affairs, President Costa of the European Council had demanded that the United States respect Europe’s“Sovereignty and autonomy” and called on the United States“Not to threaten to interfere in the internal affairs or political choices of EU countries.”. German chancellor Merz also said, “Europe has the ability to deal with Democratic challenges on its own, do not need the United States to save.”.
Agence france-presse Europe correspondent Tillett 6, wrote that the United States on the police law enforcement and racial issues of any bossy, like“Arsonists to teach fire lessons.”. Given U.S. law enforcement’s track record, whether it’s ice agents’ “Shoot to kill” policies, the U.S. government’s lack of due process in mass immigration deportations, and the country’s long and deplorable history of police brutality and discrimination against minorities, most notably the 2020 Freud case against the african-n man, all of this“Makes the moral high ground the United States thinks it occupies ridiculous”.
Citing a new report from the European Policy Center, the Australian financial review says the U.S. government has adopted a more aggressive foreign policy, it has threatened to seize Greenland, unilaterally impose tariffs on other countries, kidnap Venezuelan President Maduro and wage war on Iran. Any political party in Europe that draws too close to a government that ignores the sovereignty of allies and third countries risks undermining its base. So while immigration has provided fertile ground for the far right, its leaders remain wary of distancing themselves from the United States.
According to the British newspaper The Guardian, senior U.S. government officials in Europe are talking up immigration, identity and civilization anxiety, he tried to drag Europe back to“The era of white supremacy” under the banner of“Defending Western and Christian civilization”. The report said that European leaders should muster the moral courage to stand up against such divisive remarks, as Spanish Prime Minister Alexis Sanchez put it recently: “When did recognition of human rights become radical? When did compassion become the exception?”