BERLIN – Europe should resist calls for a breakup with the United States despite the Trump administration’s newly released security doctrine, a sweeping, provocative document that warns of “civilizational erasure” in Europe, Germany’s domestic-intelligence chief said Monday.
At an event in Berlin, Sinan Selen, vice president of Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, urged European partners to “review and further develop” alliances, rather than abandon them. “I would not draw from such a strategy the conclusion that we should break with America,” he said. “I also do not believe that our partners will break with us.”
Selen acknowledged that the U.S. strategy, which criticizes European migration policies, regulatory frameworks and free-speech norms, and calls on Europe to assume greater defense responsibility — poses real challenges. Mint reports – Still, he argued the solution lies in strengthening European capacities: building a robust security architecture independent of American dominance, backing European technology and surveillance solutions, and boosting overall defense readiness.
His remarks come as political reactions vary widely across Europe. While some leaders and institutions harshly criticized the U.S. strategy for interfering in internal European affairs, others welcomed Germany’s pragmatic tone, framing it as a path toward maintaining trans-Atlantic ties without conceding sovereignty.
For now, Selen’s stance signals a middle way: a call for resilience and partnership, rather than reactionary rupture, even in the face of rising tensions between Washington and Brussels.
