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NATO Secretary General: We are Russia's next target

2025-12-11 23:46:24Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA JENS THURAU
Chancellor Friedrich Merz and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte

NATO's Secretary General warned NATO states in Berlin about the threat posed by Russia and called for increased defense spending, also in response to the US strategy.

In fact, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte traveled to Berlin on Thursday to present some fundamental ideas for the future of the alliance at an event organized by the Munich Security Conference (MSC). These included the role of European states, which must now take on more responsibility now that the United States, the main guarantor of the military pact for decades, is becoming increasingly unpredictable.

The new US National Security Strategy has alarmed Europe, as it portrays the EU as weak and shaken by migration issues. And no longer as a partner of the US. Rutte tries to calm down during a visit to Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) in the Chancellery: this document also declares that the US remains committed to Europe and European security: "The US remains committed to NATO," says the former Dutch prime minister.

But is this the moment for fundamental reflection? Perhaps not. These are decisive days for the fate of Ukraine, which is under attack from Russia. Will the US, for decades the defensive power of Europe, abandon Ukraine? And along with it, the states of the European Union?

Merzi declares: "Nothing is the same anymore. We are in a different world. We are living in a different era. And this different era requires different responses than those we have given in the past."

Europe wants a ceasefire and security guarantees

Another time, another answers: that's what crisis management means today. Can Europe and the European NATO member states soften the biggest excesses of the US peace plan in Ukraine? Merz reiterates the points that are important for Europe: "We want a ceasefire for Ukraine that will end this terrible war, which has lasted for almost four years, once and for all. This ceasefire must be backed by strong, legal and material guarantees."

The guarantee, therefore, from NATO, the EU, but also from the US: "A negotiated solution must preserve European security interests. It must not be to the detriment of the European Union and NATO."

Zelensky ready to hold new elections in Ukraine

But will Merz and Rutte, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer be able to impose this? The original American 28-point plan to end the war served the interests of the aggressor, Russia, so much that rumors circulated that the text was drafted in Moscow.

Although that plan appears to have been ruled out, US President Donald Trump recently demanded that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hold elections as soon as possible to prove his legitimacy. In the midst of the war. Zelensky has shown himself willing to do so. He had little choice. Ukraine has since presented its plan to the US.

Upcoming meeting in Berlin with Starmer and Macron

While Merz and Rutte are talking, even in the days and hours leading up to the meeting, conflicting information is circulating in Berlin political circles about what the coming days will bring. There is talk of a meeting next Monday in the German capital, where the chancellor will host Starmer and Macron.

And emissaries from the US too? Merz says that over the weekend, all parties involved will review the "plans." That is, the plans for the territories in eastern Ukraine that will be handed over to Russia to end the war. These territorial concessions would be nothing more than an imposition on the attacked country. But they seem difficult to avoid.

Rutte warns of new attacks from Russia

Later, at the Munich Security Conference event at the Bavarian representation in the German capital, Rutte sternly warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not stop his attacks on Ukraine: "We are Russia's next target. And we have already suffered damage," Rutte said of NATO's European partners.

Russia attacks Western infrastructure almost daily, divides societies through disinformation, and sows fear and terror with drone strikes. "But many of us still don't see the urgency. Many believe that time is still on our side. But it's not."

According to Rutte, NATO countries should have been mentally prepared for some kind of war situation long ago. And to resolutely ensure how to defend themselves as soon as possible. However, at the moment there is only one person who can stop Putin: US President Donald Trump. And the Europeans will have to win his support again, as they have tried so many times before. Whether they will succeed will become clear in the coming days./ DW


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