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The article discusses NATO's call for unity between the U.S. and Europe in security matters amid global tensions.

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NATO's unity is crucial to face global security challenges and ensure the safety of Europe and North America.

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Trump suggests NATO members should spend 5% of GDP on defense, up from the current 2% target.

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'This is not the time to go it alone,' NATO's Rutte tells U.S. and Europe

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Posted on March 26, 2025

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NATO's Rutte Warns U.S. and Europe Against Isolation

WARSAW (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned the United States and Europe on Wednesday against any temptation to "go it alone" on security, amid increased tensions over the future of the transatlantic alliance.

U.S. President Donald Trump recently cast doubt on Washington's willingness to defend NATO allies it deemed were not paying enough for their own defence, triggering alarm among European leaders about the future of the Atlantic alliance as they face up to a more assertive Russia.

Speaking at the Warsaw School of Economics, Rutte said the U.S. needed European countries to "step up" on security and that the alliance must become fairer.

"Let me be absolutely clear, this is not the time to go it alone. Not for Europe or North America," Rutte said.

"The global security challenges are too great for any of us to face on our own. When it comes to keeping Europe and North America safe, there is no alternative to NATO," he added.

A number of European countries including Germany and Britain have announced plans to hike defence spending as Trump seeks a rapprochement with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in his efforts to end the three-year-old Ukraine war.

Trump has previously said members of the NATO alliance should spend 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) on defence – a significant increase from the current 2% target and a level that no NATO country, including the United States, currently meets.

"Yes, Europe needs to know that Uncle Sam still has our back. But America also needs to know that its NATO allies will step up," Rutte said, adding that the alliance's June summit in The Hague would prove a seminal moment in its history.

"We will begin a new chapter for our transatlantic alliance, where we build a stronger, fairer and more lethal NATO," the former Dutch prime minister said. "A fairer NATO means all allies doing their fair share."

(Reporting by Lili Bayer, Andrew Gray; Editing by Charlotte Van Campenhout and Gareth Jones)

'This is not the time to go it alone,' NATO's Rutte tells U.S. and Europe

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