Donald Tusk, Poland’s prime minister, said on a visit to Paris on Monday that there was “no alternative” to the EU and the transatlantic alliance before a summit in which he discussed deepening defence relationships with the French president, Emmanuel Macron.
On Saturday, Trump caused outrage and concern in Europe when he said he would not defend any Nato member that had failed to meet a longstanding target of spending 2% of its gross domestic product on defence – and would even encourage Russia to continue attacking.
Nato countries are in theory protected by article 5 of the alliance’s founding treaty, which obliges all member states to respond with “such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force” to restore security in the north Atlantic area.
The Polish prime minister, a centrist who took over in December, later visited Berlin, where he met the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, a trip billed as an effort by Tusk and his Civic Coalition to bolster EU defence links alongside Nato.
The French president said France and Poland would negotiate a new treaty covering defence, energy and cultural issues – and that Europe needed to increase the production of arms for Ukraine at a time when Republicans in the US Congress were blocking a $61bn (£48bn) military aid package.
Dr Karin von Hippel, the director general of the Royal United Services Institute thinktank, said European countries were quickly adjusting to the possibility of a Trump presidency.
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Donald Tusk, Poland’s prime minister, said on a visit to Paris on Monday that there was “no alternative” to the EU and the transatlantic alliance before a summit in which he discussed deepening defence relationships with the French president, Emmanuel Macron.
On Saturday, Trump caused outrage and concern in Europe when he said he would not defend any Nato member that had failed to meet a longstanding target of spending 2% of its gross domestic product on defence – and would even encourage Russia to continue attacking.
Nato countries are in theory protected by article 5 of the alliance’s founding treaty, which obliges all member states to respond with “such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force” to restore security in the north Atlantic area.
The Polish prime minister, a centrist who took over in December, later visited Berlin, where he met the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, a trip billed as an effort by Tusk and his Civic Coalition to bolster EU defence links alongside Nato.
The French president said France and Poland would negotiate a new treaty covering defence, energy and cultural issues – and that Europe needed to increase the production of arms for Ukraine at a time when Republicans in the US Congress were blocking a $61bn (£48bn) military aid package.
Dr Karin von Hippel, the director general of the Royal United Services Institute thinktank, said European countries were quickly adjusting to the possibility of a Trump presidency.
The original article contains 959 words, the summary contains 245 words. Saved 74%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!