Interesting article. Trying to delegitimize your political enemies does not make them go away, as the US establishment is now well aware. Four former Soviet-block countries, the Visegrad Four, love their cultures more than dictates from Brussels, and populism is on the rise in their Western-European counterparts.
These central Europeans see themselves as the true Europe. One which values the nation state, the family, prudential politics, the Christian religion, and majoritarian democracy — and sees them as more authentic echoes of European tradition. So their tussles with Brussels are not about being anti-European, but a battle over what it means to be European.