France and the UK are now the leaders of hard power in Europe, according to the Czech prime minister, despite Britain’s exit from the EU.
Petr Fiala told the Financial Times that the shift in European leadership was in response to the continued threat from Russia, and pressure from US President Donald Trump to boost military spending. European capitals have been unsettled by the Trump administration’s hostility towards traditional allies and his overtures to Moscow, which Washington no longer describes as the aggressor in the Ukraine war.
‘“This is the time when stronger states must play the bigger role, those with concrete power, which is France and Great Britain, the European nuclear powers,” Fiala said.
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