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We are experiencing brain death of NATO, Macron warns Europe We are experiencing brain death of NATO, Macron warns Europe
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French president Macron has told the Economist that alliance is in brain death, while warning European countries that they can no longer rely on America to defend its allies. French president Emmanuel Macron has told The Economist that the alliance is experiencing its brain death, while warning European countries that they can no longer rely on America to defend its allies.
French President Emmanuel Macron warned that the power of NATO is eroding because the US is “turning its back” on allies.
The US-led military bloc “only works if the guarantor of last resort functions as such,” the French leader noted told The Economist in an interview, published on Wednesday. The US-led military bloc “only works if the guarantor of last resort functions as such,” the French leader noted:
“I’d argue that we should reassess the reality of what NATO is in the light of the commitment of the United States.” “I’d argue that we should reassess the reality of what NATO is in the light of the commitment of the United States.” 
DETAILS TO FOLLOW Macron said that Washington is “turning its back on us,” a move which was demonstrated by the pull-out of American troops from northeastern Syria and the abandonment of their Kurdish allies there.
Europe, meanwhile, Macron argued, stands on "the edge of a precipice," and will "no longer be in control of our destiny," unless it starts behaving like a geopolitical power. To do so, Europe should regain “military sovereignty” and continue to maintain dialogue with Moscow.
Macron has been pushing for the European Union and Western countries to revise their roles in the world and to adapt to new global realities. In August, he said that “Western hegemony” is over and that  it would be a mistake to try to isolate Russia.
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