Merkel: US will no longer automatically defend Europe

It is reported by TASS.

“Europe is bound by values ​​with the USA. But there’s no longer automatism in that they will play the role of defender of Europe, ”she said during a debate in the Bundestag on the federal budget for 2020.

Earlier, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that military spending of alliance member countries, with the exception of the United States, rose 3.9% in 2019.