The uproar in Europe over the United States’ new national security strategy, which pledges support for European parties resisting the EU’s supranational power, misses a simple fact: these parties, such as Germany’s AfD and France’s National Rally, are already at the height of their influence, shaping the EU’s agenda from within. Just last month, a united front of right-wing parties in the European Parliament, from "extreme" to moderate, voted to weaken environmental regulations, exempting 80% of companies from the EU’s corporate sustainability reporting rules. More recently, the EU agreed to allow member states to establish asylum processing centers in non-EU countries. In short, even without US meddling, Europe is already drifting away from supranational rulemaking by the EU and toward greater national sovereignty.
