It’s strange, but I have more respect for the former Warsaw Pact countries of Eastern Europe, than for Western Europe.
Eastern Europeans spent a long time under the thumb of the Soviet Union. They value freedom because they had to fight for it.
We, the US, have spoiled western Europe and made them dependent. They are behaving very much like spoiled brats biting the hands that have fed them for so many decades.
I have always thought that much of the hatred of the US comes as a result of them becoming dependent and resenting us.