To all intents and purposes, the trans-Atlantic defense alliance is over
Such a speech has been unthinkable for the last 80 years, thanks to the trans-Atlantic alliance. Europe must now assume that that’s over. Even NATO itself is called into question.
Speech by US Vice President JD Vance to the Munich security conference was one of them. You can read it all here, and view it here. This was the most important line:
The threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia. It’s not China. It’s not any external actor.
What I worry about is the threat from within — the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the United States of America.
John Authers Bloomberg 18 February 2025
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk varnade för att ifrågasätta Europas allians med USA efter en turbulent vecka som har fått många länder att frukta att de inte längre kan räkna med stöd från Washington.
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