Overview
- WELT reports that an extended, unpublished National Security Strategy names Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland for expanded US cooperation intended to draw them away from EU alignment.
- According to the coverage, the document calls for supporting parties, movements and cultural or intellectual figures inside EU countries who promote traditional European lifestyles and are pro‑American.
- The reported plan includes creating a new "Core 5" grouping made up of the United States, China, Russia, Japan and India, explicitly excluding EU members.
- WELT cites Bild, which in turn attributes the claims to Defense One; Bild and WELT are both owned by Axel Springer.
- The articles note no public confirmation from US authorities and offer no independent verification of the alleged long‑form strategy.