BRUSELS: Europe must step up efforts on defense and play a bigger role in NATO as US President Donald Trump has “shaken the transatlantic relationship to its foundation,” EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas said Wednesday. “Let me be clear: we want strong transatlantic ties. The US will remain Europe’s partner and ally. But Europe needs to adapt to the new realities. Europe is no longer Washington’s primary center of gravity,” Kallas told a defense conference in Brussels. “This shift has been ongoing for a while. It is structural, not temporary.

Kaja Kallas warns that shift in transatlantic system is ‘structural, not temporary’ and bloc must respond by raising defence spending

'Non siamo più il centro di gravità di Washington' (ANSA)

Il "riorientamento" degli Stati Uniti di Donald Trump ha "scosso dalle fondamenta la relazione transatlantica", pertanto l'Europa deve "rafforzarsi" sulla difesa e assumere un…

Il "riorientamento" degli Stati Uniti di Donald Trump ha "scosso dalle fondamenta la relazione transatlantica", pertanto l'Europa deve "rafforzarsi" sulla difesa e assumere un…

BRUSELS: Europe must step up efforts on defense and play a bigger role in NATO as US President Donald Trump has “shaken the transatlantic relationship to its foundation,” EU top…

The EU foreign policy chief's remarks come days after Nato's secretary general said Europe needed the US for its defence.

Europe is urged to enhance its defence capabilities amid shifting US relations under Trump, emphasising greater NATO responsibility.