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Norwegian PM says ‘there needs to be discussion’ on Europe’s nuclear deterrent
Norway’s Shopping centre He also appeared to support calls for a broader discussion on Europe’s nuclear deterrent to provide an independent European-based alternative, but still insisted it should be rooted in NATO.
He said:
“I think that nuclear deterrence will and should be discussed among Europeans. But it needs to be European and within the logic of NATO.
Frankly, we have a NATO strategy where nuclear is clearly the main deterrent, but that doesn’t belong to Northern Europe; “It belongs to NATO, it belongs to the Europeans.”
EU’s best diplomat Kaja Kallas He added that more countries are discussing moving away from nuclear non-proliferation The idea of having its own nuclear weapon has its roots in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
“It all started with Russia’s war because then Many countries actually found themselves threatened by nuclear weapons workYou can take whatever you want and leave.
He continued:
“All the countries that have an appetite for their neighboring regions say: OK, we have to have nuclear weapons because then we get what we want.
And all the countries that are afraid of their neighbors think that’s the only thing that works, so we should have nuclear weapons.
And I think this is a very dangerous development for the world order.”
Støre also said more needs to be done to deepen European NATO’s partnerships and integration between different countries.
“When We buy our frigates from England, this is more than purchasing. This is about the integration of our maritime defense into the crisis. Basically, [we] They will work very, very closely together. In other words, we buy our submarines from Germany and our tanks from Germany. “This is also a deep industrial integration with Germany in terms of security,” he said.
But he insisted on this despite calls by some for a separate European defense organisation. should be included within existing NATO structuresIt benefits from the alliance’s command structures and experience.
Norwegian Prime Minister says Trump’s NATO comments are ‘completely wrong’, that collective security is ‘based on personal interest, not charity’
Norway’s Støre also spoke about the need to strengthen Europe’s security by investing in other European partners and the changing nature of Europe’s alliance with the United States.
Inside A harsh rebuke to Trump’s latest criticism of NATO says:
“When I met President Trump [for the] I looked into his eyes for the first time and said: It is important for a Norwegian prime minister to look a US president in the eye and say: 100 km from my border there is the world’s largest nuclear arsenal, and it is not directed at me, but at you.
Our monitoring of those submarines makes a difference. We know when they will leave port, we know when they will test new weapon systems, and we share that with you and cooperate in monitoring that.
That’s why I have to say this It feels completely wrong for the American president to say in Davos that we gave everything to NATO and NATO gave nothing in return. This is wrong. Absolutely wrong.
I think most of the United States knows this because it matters every day, every hour. Collective security is not a charity. It’s made out of personal interest.”
Morning opening: Our Own Groundhog Day
Yakup Krupa
378 days later January Finally on, and welcome to the new year February.
Today is Groundhog Day in the USA. Let’s be honest though, you’d be forgiven for feeling like you’re living your own personal time loop. since then 20 January last year Lately.
The movie-famous groundhog will emerge at some point this afternoon, revealing whether we’re in for a long winter or an early spring. While doom and gloom dominates the headlines, we’re all looking for some sun, Phil. Don’t let us down.
But in Europe, There are still many important issues we need to address – though in fact many of them have been making headlines for a long time.
prime minister of norway Jonas Gahr Store and the EU’s best diplomat Kaja Kallas We’re speaking at the Oslo Security Conference this morning, Warning about the end of the world as we know it and how Europe must adapt to new realitiesNot only with aggressive Russia, but also with the rapidly changing nature of Europe’s alliance with the United States.
Kallas specifically warned: The US’s move away from Europe is a “long-term” process The bloc urgently needs to adapt.
“Actually, if we look at transatlantic policy or what the US administration has been, the decisions it’s made, it didn’t actually start with President Trump. I think there is a lot of convergence between the policies of different administrations. So…it can be very easy to think that one personality comes in, there are choices, then another personality comes in, but I think it’s a long period of time that we really need to look at.”
In October, he said, more than 40 percent of Americans saw Europeans as their closest allies, a view shared by just 14 percent of Europeans, adding that “we’ve seen a lot happen since then, so I think it could be even lower.” (Think: tariffs, Greenland, NATO.)
Sound familiar? Yes, today is definitely Groundhog Day.
Although they both hint at ‘more Europe’ as part of the solution, they do not have a definitive answer as to how to solve the problem, but the task becomes increasingly urgent. Let’s see what they can find. There will undoubtedly be more lines to come from this event.
I will also pay attention to Ukrainian like the last time there The war-torn country, which is already struggling with energy and heat production due to ongoing Russian attacks, is facing extreme cold, temperatures drop below 20 degrees Celsius.
The wider Central and Eastern European region is also affected. -20 degrees Celsius Vilnius-18 Celsius Warsaw-12 inch Rigaand -9 inches Berlin.
Spring can’t come soon enough.
His Monday, February 2, 2026, his Yakup Krupa here and this Europe Live.
Good morning.
