The UK should lead a push for Europe to pay more into NATO given France and Germany are grappling political instability on the eve of Donald Trump’s return to power, US ambassador to the UK Jane Hartley said.
Though Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s administration has endured a “rocky” start, the UK is best placed to help encourage European nations to spend more on defense, Hartley told Bloomberg’s Women, Money and Power conference. Trump has repeatedly called on Europe to step-up contributions to NATO.