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Europe must 'step up' on defence as Trump upends ties: EU top diplomat

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28-01-2026 | 04:40

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Europe must 'step up' on defence as Trump upends ties: EU top diplomat

Europe must ramp up efforts on defence and play a bigger role in NATO as US President Donald Trump has "shaken the transatlantic relationship to its foundation", EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas said Wednesday.

"This shift has been ongoing for a while. It is structural, not temporary. It means that Europe must step up -– no great power in history has outsourced its survival and survived," Kallas told a defence conference in Brussels.

She said that Washington remained a key partner, but insisted as US focus shifts that Western military alliance NATO "needs to become more European to maintain its strength."

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