Point of this alternative scenario is, or so I guess:
[after contemplating once again what has lead the world to the status quo]
FACT: Europe as a whole was the big loser of WW2 and laid in ruins
FACT: America became the superpower because of Europe's misery (which Europe had only itself to blame for)
FACT: Europe has ever since been and is still stuck between:
-Soviet Union ; collapsed into unstable underdeveloped parts, with a couple of exceptions
-ME (time bomb)
-Emperor America
Europe is struggling ambiguously to survive in this world and even flourish in the middle. It will be hard to achieve as wonderful Europe drops more and more behind.
It's destiny might as well have been a totally different one: A 1000 years empire