French President Macron calls NATO 'Brain Dead'
taken on a European needed by surprised by criticizing now in an interview with the economist magazine that I was experiencing what he called great day that he was been undermined by the coordination and body unpredictability of US Pres. Donald Trump #America and he had alternate take instruction back and rejected Michael's remarks part of the Berlin wall is displayed outside NATO headquarters in Brussels 30 years after it failed installs the Vegas meant to be celebrating the anniversary of the victory over communism but instead he's declaring his alliance isn't dead lately strong United States North America and Europe we do more together than the done for decades one of NATO's most important members has spoiled the party in a historic week for the alliance Emmanuelle McCall is calling into question some of NATO's founding principles in a magazine interview the French president said the mutual defense pact was in danger of breaking down he said that we are currently experiencing is the brain death of NATO and you have no coordination whatsoever of strategic decision-making between the United States and its NATO allies it's last month's events in Syria that have McCall worried first the alliance's largest member the United States announce a troop pullout without consulting its allies then another alliance member marketing to northern Syria despite the vehement objections of Berlin and Paris there worried it threatens European security what does this all out up to a threat or just a blip in NATO's history major in Germany insisted in Berlin that the alliance is still alive and well and even if we do have problems and even if we do disagree on the German perspective NATO is very much in our interests are security alliance is hard Berlin has been signaling an increased commitment to the alliance visiting trainee soldiers defense minister antitrade camp about said she's in favor of making NATO's 2% spending mandatory she at least is optimistic about the Western alliance even as other members question its future of with completely.