Several European countries work in a plan of five to ten years to replace the US in NATO, according to the ‘Financial Times’

European military powers are working on a plan during the next five to ten years to replace the US in NATO, As he has revealed he Financial Times (FT), who writes that it is a proposal to the Donald Trump administration for a gradual transfer that would allow him to focus more on Asia and include, to convince the US president, firm commitments to increase European expenditure in defense and reinforce military capacities.

The objective, according to the British media, is to prepare a plan to transfer the financial and military burden to the European capitals and present it to Washington before the annual Summit of NATO leaders in June. Among the countries that participate in informal conversations are the United Kingdom, France, Germany and the Nordics, reports the FT citing four European representatives involved.

According to the newspaper, the conversations are an attempt to avoid the chaos of a unilateral retreat from NATO United States in the middle of the threats of the Republican President, which has warned the members of the transatlantic alliance that, if they do not allocate the resources committed to defense, their country will not defend them.

Europe is currently immersed in the debate on the increase in defense expenditure. The European Union has launched initiatives for its member states to accelerate the increase in military investments. EU leaders urged Thursday to accelerate proposals to mobilize up to 800,000 million euros to boost community rearmament, which include granting 150,000 million euros in credits for military projects and joint armament purchases.

The leaders have approached the White Paper presented on Wednesday by the Commission to achieve more autonomy in the field of defense, especially before the threat of Russia and the United States’s interest of the United States towards the Indo -Pacific Region. These also go through the flexibility of the budget rules so that the Member States increase their military expenditure without fear of the opening of a file for excessive deficit.