00:02NATO must become more European to reduce its long-standing reliance on the U.S. security
00:06umbrella, the President of the European Commission and NATO Secretary-General said on Tuesday
00:12as leaders of the alliance gathered in Ankara for their annual summit.
00:17To stay transatlantic, we have to become more European.
00:20And that's exactly what is happening.
00:22And you see some of the key leadership roles in NATO now being taken over by Europeans.
00:26You see the Europeans taking the lead on Ukraine and the support for Ukraine.
00:29We still have a crucial supply from the U.S., but paid for by European and Canadian allies.
00:34Reuter echoed von der Leyen's remarks, highlighting the clear division of labor between the two organizations.
00:40NATO oversees the common structure, capabilities and standards,
00:44while the EU is responsible for industry investment and regulation.
00:48The Ankara summit comes after months of growing tensions across the Atlantic,
00:54fueled by the White House's unilateral decision to strike Iran.
00:57Europeans are determined to show U.S. President Donald Trump that they are pulling their weight
01:03and stepping up their defense investment at a rapid pace.
01:06But while some nations such as Poland, the Baltics and the Nordics
01:10have drastically increased their military spending towards the new 5% of GDP target,
01:16others such as Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Czech Republic still lag far behind.
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