Ok dem/socialism, I am American.
Regardless of whatever the hell you want to call it, do you deny that euros are more than eager to have big government? Do you deny europe is selfish im their isolationism?
Those are pretty complicated matters. When we look at the development of the last 20 to 30 years nations like Germany in particular - I am not as knowledgeable about all other EU nations - have seen a degradation of the well fare state and privatisation of government-run institutions. Telecommunication and public transport for example but also hospitals and parts of the infrastructure. With the effect that we see less performance but increasing prices. It's quite complicated as we're looking at more than 30 years of neoliberal policies. "Free markets" as the solution to all and every issue have become a mantra-like phrase for a lot of liberal, conservative and even social-democratic politicans. One of the effects have been a partial privatisation of the state run pension with the effect that we're seeing more and more people ending up in old-age poverty. The erosion of labour-unions, worker protection and increase in temporary employment also lead to stagnatic wages while the cost of living are growing. Many people jokingly say Germany is "adopting" the American System ...
I think what Euros "like" is simply stability. Particularly when it comes to economic issues and questions. There is a strong believe that the state is meant to be a player here negotiating on the behalf of the citiens. High taxations particularly on wealth with the intention of offering a strong and affordable infrastructure for the citizens. And it is no coinsidence that exactly those nations where you can find that have some of the highest standards of living and happiest citizens. See Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and a few more. Are they nanny states? Do their citizens feel less free? I don't think so, no. But as I said it's a complicated matter.
When it comes to foreign policies well I am honestly not sure how you can call that isolationism "selfish" when we're looking at the recent foreign ... adventures by the United States. At the very least the last 20 years. Afghanistan, Iraq, Syriah, Lybia and many other countries particularly in the middle east which have been either directly or indirectly affected by it. Germany has been present for the last 20 years in Afghanistan together with other NATO members and we have pretty much nothing to show for it. Infact there is the question what will happen to all the people there that actually supported our troops in Afghanistan. The moment the military leaves those nations their lifes will be in danger. And the current Afghan government will become meaningless and the nation ruled again by local warlords and the Taliban. Iraq is still a weak state and Syrah still in a civil war. While Syriah in particular is not entirely an issue caused by the United States but including nations like Russia, the foreign intervention by those powers caused more than 800.000 Syrian refugees to end up in Germany causing all sorts of political, cultural and social issues.
There simply is a difference between foreign aid and military interventionalism. And yes many European Nations not only because of their history in colonialism but particularly due to the experiences of the second world war have become rather cautious when it comes to such things. Germany in particular. At the end of the 1990s we saw an increase here in military interventions and who would have guessed ... an increase in issues. And for what? What has been achieved really in the last 20 years when you look at it? Thousands of dead soldiers and who knows how many civilians in those countries.
So yeah I would be happy if there was even more "isolationism" in that regard. If you want America to continue to play world police? Go on. But leave us Europs out of it - albeit we often enough still feel the effects when it comes to refugees.