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Though you didn't ask me specifically, yes though it depends on what you mean by 'western Europe'. Britain was the original outsourcer/financialized economy, so they really led the trend and have been as bad as the US. They have their own rust belt. France was trending in that direction...

Problem of the whole world in fact.

I've provided sources that disprove your claims, you've meanwhile provided no sources, just opinions. Of the two of us you're the one unwilling to accept reality. What was sent overseas was not inevitable, it was government policy that created the chance for it even being possible.

That isn't correct. The bigger issue has always been outsourcing; automation does not cause the collapse of an industrial economy. It is policy decisions by the government, like giving tax breaks for outsourcing factories and disadvantageous trade deals, that cause deindustrialization...