FLASH
Shkruar nga Federico Rampini
In fact, it is a division of NATO between category A countries and category B countries...
Trump and his associates have floated the idea of dividing NATO into category A and category B countries, with the threat of punishing and punishing the less reliable allies, the less willing ones. Beyond the vindictive and impulsive character of this president, this is, in fact, nothing new. We are once again in a remake of a movie seen a long time ago. This was in 2003. The America of George W. Bush, the younger Bush, was deciding to invade Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
Two important NATO countries, Germany and France, with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and President Jacques Chirac, distanced themselves and even politically condemned that military intervention. It was a very serious crisis that at the time led to talk of the death of NATO. And Bush's defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, gave a famous speech in which he spoke of New Europe and Old Europe.
He contrasted the countries of New Europe, especially in the east, on which America could rely as true allies, sincere allies, and the old Europe that Rumsfeld was consigning to the dustbin of history. However, what is happening today, I repeat, beyond Trump's character and his threats of revenge, is in fact a division of NATO between category A countries and category B countries, because there is a central-eastern wing of Europe that is rearming, that is significantly increasing its security spending.
This wing is led by Chancellor Merz's Germany, which is nevertheless part of a wider family, because Poland, the Scandinavian countries, the recent accessions to NATO, and the Baltic countries are those that, feeling the threat from Russia more concretely, are working hard to be prepared, to strengthen their defenses, and to improve national security. So, beyond Trump and his threats of retaliation and punishment, the fact is that there is a dynamic that tends to divide NATO into two groups of countries.
Along with Germany, Poland, the Baltic and Scandinavian countries, France and England could also be included, which, beyond their relatively weakened leadership, remain the two nuclear powers, small but the only ones with atomic weapons. Meanwhile, there is a Mediterranean wing of Europe that risks becoming less important, less geopolitically relevant, because it has made different choices. Spain, in particular, but also Italy, remain at the bottom of the list in terms of investment in their security.
These are long-term trends that tend to shift Europe's geopolitical center of gravity towards the northeast, regardless of this American president. They are trends that risk continuing and having an impact even with other American presidents./ Adapted from "Pamphlet" by "Corriere della Sera"
Çdo traktat (treaty) që nënshkruan presidenti i ShBA duhet të jetë aprovuar më parë nga Dhoma Përfaqësuese dhe 2/3 e senatorëve. E njëjta duhet të ndodhë për anullimin e një traktati. Pra, z. Trump mund të thotë çfarë të dojë, por nëse nuk merr aprovimin e 2/3 të senatorëve marrëveshja nuk anullohet dot. Sigurisht, që preaidenti mund të pengojë aplikimin për sa kohë mundet brenda ligjit, por kurrsesi nuk e anullon dot.