Europe should limit dependence on US for security: France
ISTANBUL (AA) – The French president has said that European countries should be more decisive in the NATO alliance and reduce their “reliance on the US,” according to media reports.
The Wall Street Journal quoted Macron as saying that a stronger Europe would allow the continent to become more autonomous within the military alliance, acting “inside NATO, with NATO but also not depending on NATO.”
“An alliance isn’t something I should depend on. It’s something that I should choose, something I work with,” Macron said. “We must rethink our strategic autonomy.
“Europe needs to gain more autonomy on technology and defense capabilities, including from the US,” he said.
His remarks came in the wake of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meeting with US President Joe Biden in Washington and addressing the Congress on Wednesday, thanking it for providing his country with financial aid and calling their money “not charity” but “an investment.”
Biden has announced a $1.85 billion military aid package for Ukraine.
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