Old Habits Die Hard - Part I

European citizens are ready to give up their American security blanket and take care of their own defence in a changing world order. That poll finding by eupinions marks a turn of the tide in public sentiment since the last time Donald Trump became U.S. president. With younger Europeans even more sceptical of the United States as an ally, this survey evidence should encourage leaders to overcome internal differences and build new, independent European security structures, now that American citizens have so endorsed a president committed to scaling back U.S. commitments to its traditional Transatlantic partnership.