The Eu Continues to Regard Nato as a "Key" to Transatlantic Security Despite Trump's Threat of Withdrawal

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In Brussels, the threat of US President Trump leaving Nato accelerates reflections on how to live up to EU support obligations.

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The European Union continues to regard NATO as a ‘key piece’ of transatlantic security but maintains its massive investment policy to strengthen its own defence. European Commission spokesman Anitta Hupper did not wish to comment on Wednesday on US President Donald Trump’s statements about his eventual withdrawal from the Atlantic Alliance. Hupper pointed out, in the EU executive, ‘we do not speak on behalf of NATO’, but ‘in terms of our securit…