This week, America told Europe that everything’s changedpublished at 09:06 Greenwich Mean Time
Frank Gardner
Reporting from the Munich Security Conference
On this final day of the Munich Security Conference confusion and uncertainty still cloud the issue of how President Trump plans to end the Ukraine war.
European leaders worry that this is a train that’s leaving without them.
They are due to hold an emergency summit next week, just as US and Russian negotiators begin talks in Saudi Arabia, that apparently will not include Ukraine.
This year’s Munich conference will be remembered for the week that America told Europe: everything’s changed, you can no longer take it for granted that we will be there to defend you.
European nations are now under pressure to raise their defence spending to at least three per cent of their national wealth as they brace for the likelihood Russia will use a ceasefire in Ukraine to rebuild its huge army on Nato’s eastern flank.