René Rabeder: Why European conservatives are losing faith in America

René Rabeder: Why European conservatives are losing faith in America

Friedrich Merz recently said he would not recommend that his children move to the United States. The remark was striking because it did not come from Germany’s left. Had it come from a Green politician, few Americans would have noticed. It came from Germany’s conservative Chancellor, a longtime Atlanticist who belongs to a political tradition that once viewed America not merely as an ally, but as an aspiration. Many Americans will dismiss the co…