Europe | The uncertainty surrounding Trump is causing Europe to fear NATO's summit

<img alt = "NATO leaders fear their summit with Donald Trump tomorrow and the day after tomorrow in Brussels as they expect to be subjected to pressure, if not hurt, by the government. vindictive American president who demands to share the financial burden, even at the risk of weakening confidence in the alliance.

Europeans even fear that Trump might try to separate them through possible concessions for Russia just before the historic Putin meeting in Helsinki on July 16.

"The United States spends a lot more on NATO than any other country, it is neither fair nor acceptable," warned Donald Trump yesterday on Twitter. "Although these countries have increased their contribution since I became president, they must do more," he added.

Frustrated by the failure of the recent G7 summit , France hopes that the NATO summit "will demonstrate the "unity of the allies", and also that "all partners make the effort to which they are committed," said yesterday the palace of the Elysee. "At the end of June, Trump sent threatening letters to nine NATO countries, including Germany, Canada and Norway, urging them to honor their commitment to increase their military capabilities," the statement said. President. spend two percent of its gross domestic product in 2024. Cost-sharing will be one of the key topics of the summit, says Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, a Norwegian

. of its GDP), the United States is at 4% and NATO Ropa much more than the United States. According to some US provides 90 percent of NATO funding, while many other countries are far from 2 percent of (GDP), which promised to bring, "said yesterday the President critical. Last year 's summit, Trump has already accused the Allies of having "huge sums of money" at NATO [19659909] "A tumultuous summit"

"This summit will be tortuous, "predicted a European diplomat wishing to be anonymous. "His success will depend on Donald Trump's mood," says a senior alliance official. "Trump has had profound uncertainty about the main European players as a whole," said Arno Dangan, MEP for Defense. . "This is not just about doubts about the credibility of US engagement in the alliance, but also about the direction of an unstable US foreign policy, both isolationist and adventurous to harm European security interests, "he said.

Moreover, according to Pierre Vimon, former executive secretary-general of the European External Action Service (second highest level of European diplomacy), the first major bilateral meeting of Trump-Putin a few days later is " much more important "The US president than NATO summit." He will want to draw something from his meeting with the Russian president, a breakthrough on the Ukrainian issue, blocked despite the efforts of France and the United States. Germany, "said the French diplomat, badociate researcher at the think tank Carnegie Europe

.The issue of Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, Donald Trump sent a message to Putin, notes Thomas Carrators, vice-president President of the Carnegie Foundation. "Putin's goal is to have a division between the United States and Europeans and between Europeans, and he will benefit from the NATO summit," predicts # 39; expert [19659909] The creation of the separation is an intrusive reflection on Jens Stoltenberg. The NATO leader can not deny the serious differences between the United States and other members of the alliance. He will believe that they will stop during the summit. But the unpredictability of the American president fuels all kinds of badumptions

"He could have done the teachings of" Trident Jungrich "scheduled for the autumn in Norway and declare the greatest maneuvers organized by the NATO after the end of the cold war, on the grounds that they could be considered by Russia as a threat and that they would be too expensive for US taxpayers, "said Ian Bond, Russian expert at think tank Center for European Reforms (CER)

. by Donald Trump Doubts in the real desire to automatically trigger the United States in case of attack against one of its European allies, as stated in Article 5 of the NATO Treaty , or the redeployment of US troops in Germany, led some Europeans to accelerate their autonomy

there is a need for structure in this context, "said the French Armed Forces Minister, Florence Parley. France has attracted nine other EU countries, including Germany and the United Kingdom, into a European intervention group capable of conducting a rapid military operation, evacuating a country at war or witness a disaster. "These efforts are complementary to those of NATO," said Parley

. The EU and NATO today signed a joint declaration in Brussels on their cooperation. / BTA