NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said the latest developments in the Ukraine war should convince Donald Trump to engage with the alliance.
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00:00The recently elected president of the United States, Donald Trump, is the protagonist in this stadium, the Pushkas Arena in Budapest.
00:07Here, in Hungary, is where the leaders of the European political community are meeting.
00:12And the disappointment is majority, although there is a will to cooperate and to continue working together, as the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has said.
00:20There are also disconcerting notes, such as that of the host, Viktor Orban, or that of the Albanian, Edi Rama, who believes that this victory of Trump is not necessarily bad for Europe.
00:29Who has sent a clear message to Trump has been the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte.
00:34Rutte has praised Trump's first term and the role he played for NATO, but he has reminded that the deployment of troops from North Korea in Russia is also dangerous for the United States.
00:44Many leaders have also spoken of the crisis of government that Germany is going through.
00:48And the message is clear, Europe needs a strong Germany.
00:52Aida Sánchez Alonso, Euronews, Budapest.