US EditionGerman leader says US strategy shows the need for more European security independence
Chancellor Merz said the US strategy's harsh critique of Europe confirms the need for greater European security independence and stronger military investments.
- On 12/09, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated the US National Security Strategy was `unacceptable to us from a European perspective`, confirming Europe needs more independence.
- The 2025 US National Security Strategy paints Europe as undermining political liberty and warns of "civilisational erasure," urging European governments to increase their defence role and echoing Vice President J.D. Vance.
- German officials including security chiefs and party leaders urged Europe to generate alternatives to US tech, while António Costa rejected US interference, saying `What we cannot accept is the threat to interfere in European politics`.
- Merz's government has already loosened debt rules to boost defence spending, and NATO's June agreement raised targets as Reuters reported Europe must assume most NATO capabilities by 2027.
- The strategy's departure from past documents means the Trump administration's National Security Strategy upends postwar assumptions and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the changes are `largely in agreement` with Russia's view.
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In Germany, the security strategy of the US is misinterpreted as a divorce certificate from Europe. But not only the incantation of emotional attachment, but the criticism of European politics in particular shows that this is not true.
Individual passages of the thirty-page American National Security Strategy have provoked a number of negative reactions. The text plays into the hands of Russia, which it no longer names as a threat. It suits Moscow's ideas about a new world order, stating that NATO should end further expansion. The strategy has frightened Europe by saying that it is in danger of being wiped out, because it is questionable whether Europe in its current form can …
In a new strategy paper, the US describes a decline in Europe, and for days the doctrine has been sharply discussed. Now Chancellor Merz is resisting the alleged democratic saviors from Washington.
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