Rubio reassures trans-Atlantic ties with Europe
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The secretary of state was much less caustic in Munich than Vice President JD Vance was a year ago. But European officials said his core message was much the same.
A fter World War II, peace-loving Sweden began working on a nuclear bomb to stave off a feared Soviet invasion. But in the 1960s, the Scandinavian nation scrapped the program under pressure from the United States, whose nuclear arsenal has shielded Europe for about 80 years.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to paper over cracks in the relationship between the U.S. and Europe in a speech at the Munich Security Conference, though foreign diplomats were less convinced t
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Germany's leader calls on the U.S. and Europe to 'repair and revive transatlantic trust together'
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz argues that being part of NATO is also to America's advantage.
America sought a “reinvigorated alliance”, he argued, rather than abandonment of Europe. Russia was not winning the war in Ukraine, he added later, contradicting the line of Mr Vance and other Ukraine-sceptical voices in the administration.
While the Epstein files have not directly led to any new investigations in the United States, several European nations are engulfed in scandal.
Europe is divided over its future relationship with the United States, with some countries looking to decouple and guard against wild swings in U.S. policy, while others fear any break with its