Blinken expects European allies to keep up support for NATO
Washington, United States – AFP
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday he expected European allies to keep up strong support for NATO despite a far-right victory in the first round of French elections.
Blinken steered clear of commenting directly when asked about the triumph of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party but pointed more broadly to NATO’s strengthening since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“The alliance is moving to make sure that we have the right defenses across the alliance where they’re needed, where they matter,” Blinken said at the Brookings Institution.
“This has been a clear trajectory for the last three and a half years. I don’t actually see that changing irrespective of the politics of the moment in Europe,” he said.
“We have very strong allies, very strong partners,” he said.
NATO holds a 75th anniversary summit in Washington next week which comes in the shadow of criticism of the alliance from Republican presidential contender Donald Trump.
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