Polish Prime Minister defines Macron’s Comments on NATO as ‘dangerous’

French President Emmanuel Macron’s critical remarks about NATO were “dangerous”, Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in an interview published on Sunday evening by the Financial Times.

In an interview Mr Morawiecki said Nato was “the most important alliance in the world when it comes to preserving freedom and peace”. He said Mr Macron’s questioning of whether its members could still be counted on to defend each other — the cornerstone of Europe’s security architecture — was “dangerous”.

“I think President Macron’s doubts about [Nato’s mutual defence clause] can make other allies wonder if perhaps it is France that has concerns about sticking to it. I hope that we can still count on France fulfilling its obligations,” Mr Morawiecki told the Financial Times. Mr Macron’s comments in an interview with the Economist underlined mounting concerns in western capitals about the future of the transatlantic alliance, which has been shaken by the unilateralism of US president Donald Trump.

Via Financial Times / Economist / Reuters