Former British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called for Europe to build a common security and defence framework, warning that the change in its defence relations with the United States is permanent and is not linked only to Donald Trump’s presidency.
Speaking at a British-Irish Chamber of Commerce activity in Dublin, Starmer said Europe must co-operate more closely on security and defence issues, comparing the need for a common security framework with the importance of a common market. The Irish Times+1
Things won’t come back like they were before. This has to do with a permanent change of circumstances, not with a deviation of the Trumpʹ presidency, he said.
Starmer stressed that this does not mean that relations with the US have lost importance, assessing that the military, security and intelligence alliance between the two countries remains very strong.
However, he warned that Europe must take far more responsibility for its defence and security, as the US has made it clear that it will not continue to finance European security in the same way as before. The Horizon Wire+1
He also demanded that the United Kingdom have a central role in this co-operation, stressing the importance of co-ordination among European countries in the face of common challenges.
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