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Us Security Strategy: Friedrich Merz Wants to Strengthen Europe's Role in Nato

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In view of the US's new security strategy, Merz calls for "a united and strong Europe". Hungary's head of government Viktor Orbán draws other conclusions from this.

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In view of the US's new security strategy, Merz calls for "a united and strong Europe". Hungary's head of government Viktor Orbán draws other conclusions from this.

·Germany
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"If I look at the national security strategy through that prism, it is clear that the United States is committed to Europe, to keeping Europe safe," said NATO's political head at a press conference from Berlin after meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz noted that NATO plays a "key role in times of great geopolitical turmoil." He also rejects recent US criticism, noting that the US National Security Strategy confirms that Germany was right to focus on strengthening the European component of NATO, as well as on its security, migration and economic policies, writes The Guardian. "We do so on our own conviction, not because someone is pushing us," he says, stressin…

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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The US security strategy, its notorious absences from NATO, and harsh rhetoric from Washington are acting like a cold shower on European capitals. This isn't about a transatlantic divorce, but rather the sobering assumption that an automatic "US guarantee" is no longer a given. A new puzzle is forming in Paris, Berlin, and London: more European responsibility within the Alliance, rapid coalition formats, and a contingency plan should Article 5 n…

Eight decades of transatlantic relations, on which a world order was founded, go to the museum. This is not without consequences for the Ukraine question. Are Germany, France and the UK prepared for it? Europe, especially that of the pro-Ukraine front, must have had an experience that it would certainly have spared itself. It is exposed to a "regime change" by the new National Security Doctrine of the USA (NSS 2025). What else from Berlin, Paris…

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freitag.de broke the news in on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.
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