US shift away from Europe ‘didn’t really start with President Trump,’ says EU’s top diplomat – Europe live

She said that the US shift away from Europe is a “long term” process and the bloc needs to urgently adaptNorway’s Støre also appeared to back calls for a broader debate on European nuclear deterrence to provide a Europe-based independent alternative – but still insisted it should be rooted in Nato.He said:“I think there will be a discussion among Europeans and should be a discussion about the nuclear deterrent. But it has to be European and inside the logic of Nato.Obviously, we have a Nato strategy, which is very clear that the nuclear is a prime deterrent, but it is not Nordic; it is Nato’s and European.”“It started with, Russia’s war because then a lot of countries saw that, actually, threatening with the nuclear weapon works, you get to walk away with what you want.”“All those countries who have appetite for the neighbours territories are like, OK, we should have a nuclear weapon because then we get what we want. And all those countries who are afraid of their neighbours think that this is the only thing that works, so we should have a nuclear weapon. Continue reading...