[gunsequalfreedom]

"I am confident that these countries can also send a message that we won't let anyone take Europe from us,"

He was not talking about regular folks. He was talking about the ruling political elite of which he is a member.

[Wilhelm Tell]

I think the “us” in “we won’t let anyone take Europe from us” wasn’t Germany so much as the ruling class. Europe is seen as the property of the “us” who run the system.