NYT Says Europe Is Losing Faith in NATO’s Article 5
The New York Times reports that European politicians now see NATO Article 5 as weakened, as confidence in the US security role continues to erode.
According to The New York Times, a growing number of European politicians now see NATO’s Article 5 on collective defense as effectively toothless, with that loss of confidence tied directly to Washington’s position.
The newspaper cited an EU official as saying that the United States is no longer viewed in Europe as the ultimate and unquestioned security guarantor. In the official’s assessment, most Europeans no longer believe Article 5 still carries real force.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump said he was seriously considering taking the country out of NATO after the alliance failed to back Washington in the war against Teheran. He made clear that he had expected the bloc’s members to join the conflict automatically and was dissatisfied when that did not happen.
Trump also warned that NATO faced a very bad future if its member states refused to help the United States reopen the Strait of Hormuz. In a separate interview with The Telegraph, he said he had long regarded the alliance as a paper tiger and believed Russia had understood that as well.