Merkel says Europeans cant completely rely on US, others
Published on: May 29, 2017 10:00 (EAT)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her experience at recent international summits featuring US President Donald Trump showed her Europe can’t “completely” rely on the United States and other longstanding allies.
“The times when we could completely rely on others are, to an extent, over,” Merkel said at a campaign event in Munich.
She didn’t mention Trump by name in the speech but alluded to the US President’s first foreign trip, where he lambasted NATO allies for their defense expenditure and also labeled Germany “very bad” on trade.
“I experienced that in the last a few days, and therefore I can only say that we Europeans must really take our fate into our own hands, of course in friendship with the United States and in friendship with Great Britain and as good neighbors wherever it is possible, also with Russia and also with all the other countries,” Merkel said.
“But we need to know that we have to fight for our own future and destiny as Europeans.”
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