NATO head Mark Rutte gave a lecture at the headquarters of the Warsaw School of Economics

We are dealing with too great challenges at a global level to act independently – assessed the head of NATO Mark Rutte in a lecture delivered at the headquarters of the Warsaw School of Economics. – When it comes to ensuring security in Europe and the United States, there is no alternative to NATO – he added.

Mark Rutte He gave a lecture on the headquarters of the Warsaw School of Economics entitled “Stronger Nato, Commitment to Euro-ATLANTIC SECURITY” (“Stronger NATO, commitment to Euro-Atlantic security”).

The head of the Alliance admitted that the issue of transatlantic relations and the participation of the United States in building peace in Europe is a “difficult debate”. He emphasized that at the moment “we are dealing with too great challenges at a global level to act independently.”

There is no other alternative to NATO

“When it comes to ensuring security in Europe and America, there is no other alternative to NATO,” Rutte emphasized. According to him, no one is at the moment to grant such guarantees, including nuclear ones, which give the alliance United States.

“Strong transatlantic relations are our shield,” he said.

Rutte expressed the belief that the US would continue to be involved in strengthening the alliance. Referring to the presence of American troops in Europe, he emphasized that Europe must be aware that “uncle himself” supports it, but America must also know that NATO allies will meet the task. “It's a fair game,” he noted.

“Poland is a leader”

Rutte also assessed during the lecture that “a new chapter for the North Atlantic Alliance begins.” “We will build a stronger NATO, which will be able to make challenges of this time easier,” he said. He added that this applies to increasing investment in defense. – Righteous NATO means that everyone has a fair share in it. Stronger NATO means that we will always be in place, we will always be ready to defend and ensure our safety – he explained.

– I know that there will be an increasing investment on the site Canada and the United States. Already last year these countries increased defense expenses by 20 percent, so a lot of money has already been allocated – noted Rutte.

In terms of defense expenditure, NATO Secretary General estimated that “Poland is a leader here”. – Of course, not to mention Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania – these countries are going to spend five percent on defense in the following years – he noted. – the German parliament also released additional funds, The czech republicDenmark, Sweden, Finland, the United Kingdom – all these countries have committed to increasing expenses, and in last week the European Union proposed an initiative to release EUR 800 billion for defense – Rutte mentioned. He emphasized that “all this aims to provide us with a joint defense.”

Rutte: Press the gas pedal

Rutte estimated that we should “press the accelerator”, and we are already dealing with examples of such acceleration. – Europe and America are currently producing much more ammunition, new factories are being built from France to Finland, at the moment there are many more fighters in our sky in Europe than in previous years. We produce much more together, together – he said.

In his opinion, even more of this type of initiatives is needed, because “in this way we will contribute to the development of defense” and to create new jobs. – There are so many opportunities to stimulate actions in this area even more. There are hundreds of billions of euros or dollars that could be invested in this area, and we must act faster, increase this production throughout the alliance – emphasized Rutte.

He turned to the citizens NATO countries And he assured that “transatlantic ties are very strong and will be even stronger.” “It will be a stronger alliance in this more and more dangerous world,” Rutte emphasized.