US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks through the 62nd Munich Safety Convention (MSC) on February 14, 2026 in Munich, southern Germany. (Photograph by Alexandra BEIER / POOL / AFP through Getty Photos)
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The U.S. has no intention of abandoning its deep alliance with Europe and desires the area to succeed, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio mentioned on Saturday.
“We care deeply about your future and ours,” Rubio informed the Munich Safety Convention.
“We would like Europe to be robust. We consider that Europe should survive, as a result of the 2 nice wars of the final century serve, for us, as historical past’s nice reminder, that in the end, our future is, and can all the time be, intertwined with yours.”
U.S. President Donald Trump has continuously criticized Europe for being too reliant on the U.S. for its safety and has pushed NATO allies to spice up protection spending.
“We don’t have to abandon the system of worldwide cooperation we authored, and we needn’t dismantle the worldwide establishments of the outdated order that collectively we constructed. However these should be reformed. These should be rebuilt,” Rubio mentioned.
The U.S.’s prime diplomat informed the gathering of European leaders that American management has succeeded in resolving thorny points such because the Israel-Gaza battle and made progress in ending Russia’s struggle with Ukraine which multilateral organizations together with the U.N. have up to now didn’t.
“The United Nations nonetheless has super potential to be a software for good on the planet, however we can not ignore that at this time, on essentially the most urgent issues earlier than us, it has no solutions and has performed just about no position. It couldn’t resolve the struggle in Gaza,” Rubio mentioned. “As an alternative, it was American management that freed captives from barbarians and caused a fragile truce. It has not solved the struggle in Ukraine.
Rubio mentioned the U.S. sought a “reinvigorated alliance” with Europe, “one that doesn’t preserve the well mannered pretense that our lifestyle is only one amongst many and that asks for permission earlier than it acts.”
Financial cooperation
In a wide-ranging speech, Rubio criticized previous insurance policies that inspired mass migration, outsourced provide chains and contributed to “deindustrialization”, which he mentioned was “not inevitable”.
“It was a acutely aware coverage selection, a decades-long financial endeavor that stripped our nations of their wealth, of their productive capability, and of their independence. And the lack of our provide chain sovereignty was not a operate of a affluent and wholesome system of worldwide commerce. It was silly,” Rubio mentioned.
Rubio additionally mentioned how better trans-Atlantic cooperation might reposition the West to guide in Twenty first-Century industries.
“Collectively, we are able to reindustrialize our economies and rebuild our capability to defend our individuals,” he mentioned.
“Industrial area journey and cutting-edge synthetic intelligence, industrial automation and flex manufacturing, making a Western provide chain for crucial minerals not weak to extortion from different powers, and a unified effort to compete for market share within the economies of the worldwide South.”
