Nato’s image worsens sharply in France, United States, study shows | Malay Mail

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BRUSSELS, Feb 10 — Nato’s public image in the United States and France worsened sharply last year, according to a Pew Research Centre study, after US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron questioned the value of the Western alliance. Positive views of the North Atlantic...

Both US President Donald Trump and France’s President Emmanuel Macron have questioned Nato's role. — Reuters pic

In France, where Macron said last year the alliance was experiencing “brain death” because of a perceived failure to help resolve world conflicts, support fell to 49 per cent, from 60 per cent in 2017 and 71 per cent in 2009. A figure for 2018 was not available. While Macron’s comments stunned other Nato leaders on the eve of a December summit in Britain, Trump has harangued allies since taking office in 2017 over perceived under-spending on defence. Trump threatened to pull America out of the alliance in 2018 and last year called low-spending allies “delinquent”.

 

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