US remains biggest ally and Europe should be more self-confident, says EU Vice President Kaja Kallas
The new US National Security Strategy, posted on the White House website overnight Thursday-to-Friday, denounced the European Union as anti-democratic and Europe as lacking in self-confidence
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas (Reuters) European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Saturday that the United States remains Europe’s biggest ally, after the Trump administration said in a major strategy document that Europe faces “civilisational erasure” and may one day lose its status as a reliable ally.
The new US National Security Strategy, posted on the White House website overnight Thursday-to-Friday, denounced the European Union as anti-democratic and Europe as lacking in self-confidence, and said the goal of the US should be “to help Europe correct its current trajectory”.
“There’s a lot of criticism, but I think some of it is also true, if you look at Europe, it has been underestimating its own power towards Russia,” Kallas said on a panel at the Doha Forum in Qatar.
“We should be more self-confident,” she said, adding that the “US is still our biggest ally”.
“I think we haven’t always seen eye to eye on different topics, but I think the overall principle is still there. We are the biggest allies and we should stick together,” Kallas said.
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