00:00NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte was received in Berlin by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
00:08Given Russia's continued aggression in Ukraine and its escalating hybrid attacks on Europe,
00:13NATO's European partners need to adopt a common strategy.
00:17We know that we have to do much more in Europe than in the past.
00:23This is on the NATO-Gipfel in the hometown of General Secretary of the NATO in Den Haag.
00:29However, the EU faces a significant challenge.
00:32US President Donald Trump recently announced that he wanted to scale back from security commitments in Europe,
00:38requiring EU member states to bolster their own defences.
00:42Politically, Europe must also speak with a more unified voice.
00:46The first draft of the US-authored peace plan largely excluded Ukrainian and European interests,
00:52and the EU was initially not involved in the negotiations.
00:55I have pointed out that the European Union as an institution in Washington
01:01is obviously not properly organized.
01:03I have tried to explain President Trump in June the history of the European Union and its foundation.
01:10However, the US government is obviously very hard to understand the European Union as a stable
01:17and the European Union.
01:18Under the European Union, you are concerned that this nation is not necessary for the European Union.
01:24You see Europe stepping up.
01:25And here again Germany is taking the lead.
01:28The fact that Germany has decided to reach that 3.5 percent in 2029,
01:326 years before 2035 is huge.
01:36Rutte acknowledges that for the security of the entire alliance, strong cooperation with
01:41NATO is necessary.
01:43We know, we can count on Germany, and Germany can count on NATO.
01:49Dear Prime Minister, dear Friedrich, I am happy to see our further cooperation.
01:55NATO-Generalsekretär Mark Rutte lobt Deutschland als fßhrende Kraft in der NATO.
01:59Doch Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz sagt, Europa mĂźsse sicherheitspolitisch noch sehr viel mehr tun.
02:04Nach seinen Gesprächen mit US-Präsident Donald Trump zeigt sich, die Ukraine ist zwar fßr
02:09das erste Quartal 2026 finanziell abgesichert, doch nicht fĂźrs ganze Jahr.
02:14Und der Druck aus Washington und Moskau steigt.
02:17Diana Resnik aus Berlin fĂźr Euronews.
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