“Europe is our life insurance,” said former Chancellor Angela Merkel, emphasizing the need for Europeans to respond to the “unique” president, Donald Trump, as he returns to the White House, while staying united.
Donald Trump “defends the legitimate interests of the United States, but in the context of multilateral cooperation, he does not believe in favorable situations. He believes there is always a winner and a loser. We cannot change Donald Trump, but we can respond to him. Europe must unite its interests,” Merkel said at a pre-election event of the state organization of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of North Rhine-Westphalia in Düsseldorf.
“Europe is our life insurance,” Merkel added, emphasizing the importance of the transatlantic partnership, particularly on the issue of Ukraine.
“Without the support of the United States and NATO, Ukraine would not have been able to remain an independent state after the Russian attack. The transatlantic relationship is more necessary today than ever before. With the attack on Ukraine, the fundamental principle of the post-war European order, the inviolability of borders, has become ineffective, and only with the United States and within NATO can we ensure that (Vladimir) Putin does not win the war and that Ukraine remains an independent state,” Angela Merkel stressed.
