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Shift in EU-US relations is 'structural, not temporary', Kaja Kallas warns

In the aftermath of the Greenland crisis, the EU's top diplomat has urged European nations to stop outsourcing their security and defence.

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00:00Dear colleagues, dear friends, the changes in the relationship between Europe and the United States.
00:05United States are structural, not temporary. EU High Representative Kayakalas
00:10has warned on Wednesday against the dangers of outsourcing security in a new country.
00:15A new age of coercive power politics. Her remarks come on the heels of US
00:20President Donald Trump's attempt to seize Greenland from Denmark through punitive tariffs.
00:25An unprecedented dispute that brought the nearly 80-year-old transatlantic...
00:30...alliance to the brink of collapse.
00:35This change in the fundamental reorientation is going on across the Atlantic.
00:40A rethinking that has shaken the transatlantic relationship to...
00:45...to its foundation. Let me be very clear. We want strong...
00:50...the transatlantic ties. The US will remain Europe's partner...
00:55...an ally. But Europe needs to adopt a new reality.
01:00Europe is no longer Washington's primary center of gravity.
01:05The shift has been ongoing for a while.
01:08The shift has been ongoing for a while.
01:10She presented a bleak overview of the current state of international affairs.
01:14She labelled Russia...
01:15...a major security threat.
01:17China a long-term challenge.
01:19The Middle East...
01:20...a completely unpredictable region.
01:22Since Trump's re-election, the European Union has...
01:25...rolled out several multi-billion initiatives...
01:27...to rapidly boost defence spending.
01:30...to promote its domestic industry...
01:32...and reduce its deep-rooted reliance on US-made weapons.
01:35The Bloc has set 2030 as a collective deadline to achieve full...
01:40...the Bloc has set 2030 as a collective deadline to achieve full...
01:40...defence readiness and deter a potential Russian attack...
01:43...on a new member state.
01:45...to maintain our limits and elections...
01:48...by Nixon in this medium...
01:50...to the
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