German Chancellor Mertz said on the 9th that part of the recently released US National Security Strategy Report is “unacceptable” to Europe, and that Germany and Europe must be highly independent of the US in terms of security policy. On the same day, Mertz visited Rhineland-Palatinate in southwestern Germany and met with reporters. He said he was “not surprised” by the substance of the US National Security Strategy Report released last week. From a European perspective, America's new strategy is “some understandable, some unacceptable.” Mertz said that during talks with the US, he said that “America First” is fine, but “American isolation” is not in the interests of the US side. America also needs partners in the world, and Europe can be one of them.

German Chancellor Mertz said on the 9th that part of the recently released US National Security Strategy Report is “unacceptable” to Europe, and that Germany and Europe must be highly independent of the US in terms of security policy. On the same day, Mertz visited Rhineland-Palatinate in southwestern Germany and met with reporters. He said he was “not surprised” by the substance of the US National Security Strategy Report released last week. From a European perspective, America's new strategy is “some understandable, some unacceptable.” Mertz said that during talks with the US, he said that “America First” is fine, but “American isolation” is not in the interests of the US side. America also needs partners in the world, and Europe can be one of them.