French politician reveals key difference between US and EU views on world threats
Photo: Europe is increasingly hearing calls to take its defense into its own hands (Getty Images)
The US and Europe remain partners, but have different views on global threats and defense. For Washington, China remains the main challenge, while for European countries, the issues are security and the future of NATO, Bertrand Bouyx, head of the French delegation to the PACE, says in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.
According to Bouyx, the US and Europe have different views on global challenges and defense policy.
In his opinion, although cooperation between Europe and the United States remains active, the parties have different priorities. The US, in particular, is primarily focused on China, while Russia remains the main challenge for Europe.
"Yes, the relationship between Europe and the United States is still alive, but we have different views and objectives. I think that the United States is still concerned about China. The main subject for the USA is China. It's not Russia," Bouyx says.
He adds that currently, the main issue in Europe for US leader Donald Trump is the future of NATO.
"The main subject for Donald Trump with Europe is to say to Europeans: now you have to take your future into your own hands. That means that now you have to pay for your own defense. Because we have another subject, it is China. And for the moment, European countries must think for their own defense. We are not weak, but we are not coordinated," he stresses.
For more details on relations between the EU and the US, Russian provocations, and the political crisis in France, see the full interview with Bertrand Bouyx, head of the French delegation to the PACE.
Today, ahead of the meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed European countries.
