To add, Europe is generally a shadow of its former dominance, it doesn't have the ground to stand on its own without capitulating to a greater power. Either they continue to be vassalized by the US, they reach reconciliation with Russia (who currently does have the resources like oil and the industrialization to fulfill Western Europe's needs), or a pivot to China.

We can see this in how quickly the EU folded to Trump's tariffs, while also opening dialogue with the PRC. They are picking which of those two to really side with, even though they would prefer to keep it balanced, the US will not allow that.