"Daily News"
However, the summit will not be remembered or Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump were talking about success. No, the meeting leaves behind the impression of a troubled, fractious NATO. The Allies have failed to fill the deep trenches.
It is the egoisms of individuals that shape the image and harm the Alliance. Currently there are (...) Trump, Macron, Erdogan, more or less recklessly following their line, creating uncertainty in the Alliance.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is right. There have always been differences in the 70-year history of the Alliance. It has adapted to new situations as after the Cold War and overcame crises. Rarely, however, did completely different interests emerge so clearly.
It is difficult to imagine how this will change in the future. If it serves the individual, they will go their own way and barely coordinate with the Allies.
"Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung"
The most important of the unspoken questions is: who is the new brain of NATO, if the superpower America no longer wants to break its head because of Europe's security? Germany, whose desire for strategic thinking and ability to conduct foreign affairs rarely go beyond the proposal, which is now being made again, to form a working group? Britain, which is even more revolving around itself than Germany, and could end up with Trump's grace after leaving the EU as a British?
By no means can Macron follow in everything he made in the long interview on European security, especially his line with Moscow. But where is the European, even German, politician who could and would interpret the strategic challenges facing Europe, including the Chinese, as he did?
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NATO summit in London
DW - Deutsche Welle, Bonn
One of the Alliance's biggest weaknesses is the mistaken US President. As he pleases, he insults his partners, praises autocrats such as the Turkish president or North Korean Kim Jong Un, or even questions Nato. On Emmanuel Macron's criticism, however, he was allergic to London and suddenly swung to become the strongest defender of the Alliance. It seems that only Nato criticizes Trump himself. It is an infantile spectacle.
"Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger"
The biggest security risk for Germany is the breaking of these alliances. Without the EU we would be delivered economically, without NATO a defenseless state between the world powers USA, Russia and China. This realization is no longer present to everyone after seven decades of peace. (...) With the tirades of Donald Trump, the upcoming Brexit, the tensions around Turkey and most recently Macron's statements, the Alliance has repeatedly looked into the abyss. It takes these moments to wake up in alarm and think: Fortunately, we're still okay with each other. It's worth working to keep it that way.
"Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung"
German understanding as mediator and mediator in international alliances is an honorable approach. But he is no longer enough. Germany must take leadership in international politics. It is an opportunity, together with the many partners who expect these initiatives, to have a significant say in the agenda of international alliances. It is also a way to keep them able to act. The biggest security risk for Germany is the breaking of these alliances. Without the EU we would be delivered economically, without NATO a defenseless state between the world powers USA, Russia and China.
Comment on Macron's "Brain Death Diagnosis"
"Volksstimme Magdeburg"
China has joined the existing global power centers NATO and Russia. Beijing's defense spending has been rising in the double-digit range for years, which translates into military potential. This is the starting point of the North Atlantic Treaty. This is the glue of the Alliance, as well as the preparation for a possible war in space. On the other hand, the internal conflicts are quite earthly.
France's president has come so far ahead of the diagnosis of brain deaths that NATO leaders can hardly pretend to be in harmony. The Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wants to head straight through the wall. For him, the security of Eastern Europe is sausage, but NATO should ostracize the Kurdish YPG, just as reliable ally, as a terrorist gang. But weapons like to buy weapons in Russia. Against this insolence, the dispute over German NATO contributions seems ridiculous.
"The Standard", Vienna
The way in which NATO is discussed conceals important questions about its actions - and legitimate demands for reform. If Macron speaks of "brain death," then the finding that the Alliance can do little without the US is as correct as it is problematic - but the wording makes debates impossible. Trump may no longer call the Alliance "obsolete". He would like to bury it anyway. Other heads of state will relieve him of this work if they do not change their approach soon.