Europeans faced with the American takeover of NATO

As the NATO summit kicks off this April 2nd in Bucharest, columnist Daniel Vernet writes that Europeans should ask themselves if they still believe in the American vision for their military alliance. "After September 11th, the United States wanted to transform NATO into a global organisation, pushing its geographic reach across the planet and its mission to the security of democracies, well beyond the borders of Europe. Confronted with the their allies' hesitation, they have only partially succeeded. But they haven't totally renounced their goals. In the name of this enlarged idea of security, NATO forces are fighting in Afghanistan. The real debate should centre on this strategic conception rather than on the question - already decided on the ground - of the reintegration of France [into full NATO membership]."

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