Over the past several centuries, the Europeans have come and pillaged, now they are trying a different tact. Even their former colonies like New Zealand are suffering with their exports curtailed by " carbon miles " threats, etc.
It ain't a "them vs Us" fight, it's just the checks and balances of economics vs technology. Any one of us (nations) could be on any side.
I wouldn't ascribe this to the collective "europeans". It's just a system that is temporaily being challenged.
Hell even the Euro is being challenged internally.