Britain and France should lead new European NATO without help from the US, says ex-chief

Britain and France should lead a new 'European Nato' to take responsibility for Europe's defence without help from the United States, an ex-Nato chief has said. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the organisation's secretary-general from 2009 to 2014, said a new security architecture was needed after Donald Trump threatened to withdraw from Nato. Mr Rasmussen has suggested expanding the Coalition of the Willing - an alliance of 35 countries set up to defend Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire - so it can take over Europe's conventional defence role. He identified France and Britain as the leading members of an expanded...