US EditionEurope Is Accelerating a NATO Fallback Plan in Case Trump Pulls Out: WSJ
Officials want Europeans to fill key NATO command roles and replace some U.S. military capabilities as concerns grow over Washington’s reliability.
- European officials are advancing informal plans for a so-called "European NATO" to secure command-and-control and preserve deterrence if NATO loses support from the United States.
- First conceived last year, the initiative accelerated dramatically after Trump threatened to seize Greenland from Denmark and amid Europe's standoff with Trump over refusing to back his Iran war policy.
- Trump branded European allies as "cowards," called NATO "a paper tiger," and threatened to leave the alliance entirely, transforming European defense planning from theoretical to urgent.
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has ceased resisting French calls for greater European defense sovereignty and is now actively participating in the initiative to address concerns about U.S. dependability.
- Finland's President Alexander Stubb stated that a burden shift from the United States toward Europe is ongoing and will continue as part of broader security strategy.
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European nations explore NATO fallback plan as US trust wanes
European leaders are quietly sketching out a backup plan for NATO, preparing for a reality in which the United States might take a back seat, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The discussions gained traction after Germany, which for years preferred to keep the U.S. at the center of European defense, began shifting its position under Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Why Europe is preparing for a larger NATO role The shift reflects growing…
Trump's attacks prompt key ally to cut US out of new defense plan: WSJ
With Donald Trump becoming more erratic and lashing out at the traditional allies of the US, plans are afoot by members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to create a separate version of the organization beyond the American president's reach.According to the Wall Street Journal's Bojan Pancevski and Daniel Michaels, European officials are advancing informal plans for what some are calling "European NATO," a parallel structure that …
Europe is rapidly developing a Plan B in case the United States, under Donald Trump, withdraws from NATO, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. The plan, called a “European NATO,” aims to leverage the alliance’s existing structures to allow Europe to defend itself without Washington.
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