Europe's irrelevance: the tragedy of an avoidable decline

Deindustrialisation, technological stagnation and demographic implosion aggravate continental decline, while the United States and China consolidate their global leadership

El presidente ucraniano Volodymyr Zelenskiy habla durante una reunión con el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump, el canciller alemán Friedrich Merz, el presidente francés Emmanuel Macron, el primer ministro británico Keir Starmer, la primera ministra italiana Giorgia Meloni, el presidente finlandés Alexander Stubb, el secretario general de la OTAN Mark Rutte y la presidenta de la Comisión Europea Ursula von der Leyen, en medio de las negociaciones para poner fin a la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania, en la Casa Blanca en Washington, D.C., EE. UU., el 18 de agosto de 2025 - REUTERS/Alexander Drago — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, amid negotiations to end Russia's war in Ukraine, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 18, 2025 - REUTERS/Alexander Drago

Updated: 26/08/25

Gustavo de Arístegui, diplomat, ambassador and deputy for the Partido Popular, explained in La Razón on 24 August 2025 how Europe's historical and hegemonic power is fading.

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