U.S.: Rumsfeld's 'Old' And 'New' Europe Touches On Uneasy Divide

U.S.: Rumsfeld's 'Old' And 'New' Europe Touches On Uneasy Divide

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld touched a nerve in Europe this week, dividing the continent into what he called "old Europe" and "new Europe." Reaction from France and Germany -- which Rumsfeld put squarely in the "old" category -- was swift and harsh. But the U.S. official's underlying...

Old Europe confronts a New US and an emerging New Europe - The Sunday Guardian Live

For its own well-being, Europe needs to move from the past and transition from Old Europe to New Europe, in a manner that the people of the US have in the 2024 polls. Judging by their reported remarks, it is difficult to fathom which planet leaders of Old Europe believe they are on. In a France-Africa summit that was marked by extreme condescension by him to his guests, President Macron astonished the assembled African leaders by claiming that i…