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Nato alliance 'Not the time' to go it alone, Rutte tells US and Europe
The Guardian
|March 27, 2025
Nato's secretary general has told the US and Europe it is "not the time to go it alone" amid reports that Washington and some European leaders want to weaken their commitments to the transatlantic military alliance.
Mark Rutte said in a speech in Warsaw that the US needed to be told that European countries would "step up" and lift their defence spending - while they needed to hear that Washington would not abandon them.
"Let me be absolutely clear, this is not the time to go it alone. Not for Europe or North America," said the Dutch head of the alliance. "The global security challenges are too great for any of us to face on our own. When it comes to keeping Europe and North America safe, there is no alternative to Nato."
Europe "needs to know that Uncle Sam still has our back", Rutte continued, but in turn "America also needs to know that its Nato allies will step up. Without restrictions and without capability gaps" because "reassurance is a two-way street".
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