In these days in London the NATO summit to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the signing that sanctioned the constitution. A summit that promised to be red-hot due to the recent utterances of French President Macron: "NATO is in a kind of brain death" and the fierce attitude of Donald Trump who for days has threatened to impose duties on France and Italy on the of the web tax.

Trump has not been proven wrong and the US Embassy in Great Britain immediately specified: "around the NATO there is "a fabulous spirit except for one country". Which? On brain death of NATO Trump commented: "Yes, only then did Turkey respond that he is the brain dead one: an interesting thing (tie!). "I think it's an insult - continued Trump -. It's a harsh phrase, a very, very bad statement to 28 countries. In France there is high unemployment, they are not doing well economically: you cannot go around making these claims about NATO, is a lack of respect. No one needs the NATO more than France".

Trump then focused on fears of an escalation in the trade war with China and on the fact that the US would be taking advantage of it: "We are doing very well with China right now and we can go even better. Somehow I like the idea of ​​waiting until after the US elections: a deal with China depends on one thing: do I want to do it?".

Another thorn of the summit is the attitude of Turkey, ever closer to Vladimir Putin's Russia and engaged in a military campaign in Syria against the Kurds, allies of the West. President Erdogan was received yesterday in Downing Street together with Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a very tense atmosphere.

Also today, the Italian premier, Giuseppe Conte, will meet Donald Trump to whom he will have to report on the web tax.

NATO to the south

Alessandro Politi on Euronews.it it dealt with a vital aspect for the Alliance in southern Europe. What is there still to defend in Europe and in the world? But above all what is the role of the south side of NATO, the countries of Europe such as Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, what do they have to face? And what do they have to make the allies understand? And again: do the NATO and US bases always and in any case have reason to exist? According to Alessandro Politi, director of the NATO Defense college Foundation, it is essential for southern Europe to understand the risks that come from those countries that are experiencing situations of instability, or with which there are problems at the moment, but which are also ours providers.

"The countries that are directly exposed to the problems of the South are: Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Montenegro and even Albania. All countries close to the Mediterranean that must explain to other allies how important it is to keep together and prevent risks that are evident - not as invasions or attacks - but risks that then lead each time to political tensions. For example, let's think about the energy problem: Libyan production is what it is; a problem of instability in Algeria because we do not know what will happen, and Algeria is another important supplier; we have a problem with the Russians but if we have no other supplier it becomes a more complicated problem to manage; we have the problem of countries that are crumbling and this also implies immigration but above all illegal drug trafficking and it is the consumers of the richer countries who buy them; then sifisticate weapons arrive to our mafias."

Born, Trump to Macron on "brain death": "lack of respect for the other 28 members"