DISINFO: There are no independent countries in the EU
SUMMARY
There are no independent countries in the EU, as they all dance to the tunes of the American flag.
RESPONSE
Recurring disinformation narratives about the alleged lost sovereignty of the EU and its member states.
Pro-Kremlin outlets regularly portray European states as vassals, puppet states or colonies of the US. See our analysis of the Kremlin's claims about the EU's lost sovereignty.
The European Union is a sovereign entity, created by the voluntary initiative of European nations, and it has its own, independent foreign policy. Its citizens are directly represented in the European Parliament and Member States are represented in the European Council and the Council of the EU. The United States of America is not part of these institutions. The US had no role in the creation of the EU and has no say in its decisions. In fact, the EU Member States are sovereign countries and make sovereign decisions about their own security and policies. The US is an important ally to the EU, but the EU policy is not determined by the US.
Read similar disinformation cases claiming that EU and NATO member states are subordinate to the US, while the US has long regarded the EU as a kind of protectorate, that lined up with the US, the EU never took independent decisions, that Europe is a colony of the United States, that When the US orders, the EU complies.