BRUSSELS // Angela Merkel led a sharp European response to Donald Trump on Monday after he branded the Nato alliance “obsolete” and criticised the German chancellor’s open-door refugee policy.In a hard-hitting interview with two European newspapers, the US president-elect unleashed a volley of verbal attacks on the European Union, hailing Britain’s decision to leave the bloc and saying more countries were going to leave also.With fears growing in Europe over Mr Trump’s commitment to the transatlantic alliance and over signs he will pivot towards Russia, Mrs Merkel warned the continent now had to take responsibility for itself.”We Europeans have our …read more
Source: The National
