The incoming chancellor of Germany announced a new era in Europe before the outcome of his nation’s election on Sunday. Friedrich Merz questioned the future of NATO and called for Europe to strengthen its own defences, claiming that the US was Dramatic\u00a0 unconcerned about the survival of this continent. Fast.<\/p>\n
Even just a few months ago, this tone from the close US ally and well-known Atlanticist Friedrich Merz would have been unthinkable. It’s a huge change. Although that may sound like hyperbole, the current state of transatlantic ties is unlike anything that has happened in the eight decades since World War Two ended.<\/p>\n
The Trump administration’s suggestion that it may withdraw the security guarantees given to Europe since 1945 has alarmed major European governments. Friedrich Merz compared Donald Trump’s America to Russia on Sunday night, which is generally seen as a security danger to Europe as a whole. He claimed that Europe needed to act immediately because the two countries were now putting pressure on it. After French President Emmanuel Macron visited Washington on Monday, the UK prime minister will travel there on Thursday.<\/p>\n
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