US EditionFrance calls new U.S. security doctrine 'brutal clarification'
France and Germany warn the US strategy signals a shift toward European strategic autonomy amid concerns over NATO cohesion and transatlantic relations, officials said.
- On Dec 9 in Paris, Junior Army Minister Alice Rufo told lawmakers the new U.S. security strategy is an extremely brutal clarification of U.S. ideological posture, marking France's strongest response so far.
- The U.S. National Security Strategy, made public last week, described Europe as `civilisation erasure` and urged `cultivating resistance` within the EU, causing alarm across European capitals.
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said portions of the strategy were `unacceptable from a European perspective` and argued it reinforced Europe's need for strategic autonomy and independence in security policy, framing JD Vance, U.S. Vice President's earlier criticism as a strategic realignment in Washington.
- European officials fear the paper signals a long-term departure from Washington's role as Europe's security guarantor, raising Nato cohesion concerns as reactions harden in Berlin and Paris.
- After weekend meetings in Washington, Rufo said the document sparked internal U.S. debates and a French official warned Europe must accelerate rearmament in response.
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France calls new US security doctrine 'brutal clarification'
The remarks from Rufo, who has previously served as President Emmanuel Macron's deputy national security adviser, are the strongest public comments to date from French officials following the release of the U.S. National Security Strategy.
France calls new U.S. security doctrine 'brutal clarification'
Europe must accelerate its rearmament in response to a stark shift in U.S. military doctrine, a French government official said on Tuesday, calling Washington's new security strategy "an extremely brutal clarification" of its ideological posture.
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einnews.com'Brutal clarification, unacceptable’: France, Germany slam US National Security Strategy, warn of transatlantic rift
Germany and France on Tuesday sharply criticised the United States’ newly released National Security Strategy, with both governments warning that the document marks a troubling shift in Washington’s posture toward Europe
France calls new US security doctrine ‘brutal clarification’
PARIS, Dec 9 - Europe must accelerate its rearmament in response to a stark shift in U.S. military doctrine, a French government official said on Tuesday, calling Washington's new security strategy \"an extremely brutal clarification\" of its ideological posture. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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