We want Europe to remain European, to regain its civilizational self-confidence, and to abandon its failed focus on regulatory suffocation,” reads the Trump-signed document.

The National Defense Authorization Act also would repeal a pair of decades-old war authorizations and proposes an $8 billion boost to Trump's defense budget.

America’s goal should be “to help Europe correct its current trajectory,” the administration said in its new National Security Strategy.

The Trump administration warned that Europe faces "civilizational erasure" due to mass migration and other political issues.

Europe captured a record share of private capital this year as global investors aim to profit from a government spending spree on infrastructure projects.

The diplomat questioned whether Europe would be a dynamic economy or just somewhere Americans visit for lovely wines, cheeses and beers

The Donald Trump administration in the United States sharply criticized Europe in its new National Security Strategy (NSS) released on the 5th, using the phrase “civilizational erasure” and warning that the European continent would become “unrecognizable within 20 years” if current political and policy trends continue.

New research suggests a volcanic eruption around 1345 cooled the climate, leading to crop failures. On the ships that carried imported grain to fill the gap came plague-carrying fleas.

Only 7% of Europe's original area of peatlands remain. What's more: their climate boundaries are shifting. An international study led by Wageningen University as part of the WaterLANDS project analyzed the current distribution of peatlands and mapped their likelihood of remaining under future climate scenarios.