Europe’s energy dependency turns American power into economic punishment

Europe’s energy dependency turns American power into economic punishment

Europe likes to talk about “strategic autonomy.” It features prominently in speeches, summit communiqués, and glossy EU Commission pamphlets. Yet beneath the rhetoric lies an uncomfortable reality: the European Union has never been more strategically dependent on the United States, particularly in energy. Far from escaping an abusive economic relationship with Washington, Brussels has locked itself into one that grows more lopsided by the year. …