Ex-NATO chief Rasmussen warns of ‘disintegration’ of alliance

calls for new European defense bloc

As head of NATO and prime minister of Denmark, Anders Fogh Rasmussen has always advocated close ties with the U.S. Now he is calling for a radical rethink — and a new European defense alliance, of which Ukraine should also be a member.

“What we are witnessing right now is the disintegration of NATO, and that is dangerous,” Rasmussen said. | Martin U. K. Lengemann/WELT

By Carolina Drüten05/08/2026 12:01 PM EDT

Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called for a new European defense alliance, arguing that NATO in its current form is no longer sufficient as doubts grow over U.S. security guarantees.

“What we are witnessing right now is the disintegration of NATO, and that is dangerous,” Rasmussen told WELT, which is — as is POLITICO — part of the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network. “President Trump has raised so many doubts about his commitment to Article 5 and to the defense of Europe that there can be only one conclusion for Europeans: we must stand on our own feet and be able to defend our continent ourselves.”

Rasmussen proposed creating a formalized “coalition of the willing” — a group of European countries ready and able to organize the continent’s defense independently. “Neither the EU nor NATO are currently suited to strengthen a European pillar within the alliance,” he said, arguing that Europe needs “new defense plans and new military capabilities” and must “ramp up the production of weapons and ammunition.” The remarks effectively call into question whether NATO’s existing regional defense plans — the operational backbone of the alliance’s Article 5 collective defense commitments — remain viable in a scenario of reduced U.S. involvement.

With the deepening divide between the USA and Europe, what will happen to NATO based on Bible Prophecy.  Its surprising how fast things are changing and few if any would have seen this coming.

What is also interesting is the EU is saying they need to Re-Arm and President Emmanual Macron says that the EU needs hundreds of billions in defense spending.

Now they are saying that Europe will need a new Defense Bloc where they take on the responsibility of defending themselves and Germany looks set to pick up a leading role which again will fulfil Bible Prophecy as Magog takes charge of Europe.

President Macron is also on record saying he wants to bring Russia back to the negotiating table and begin dialogue on some form of a Security Pact with Russia, NATO’s existence in its current form will be an issue even more so now.

The Bible has long revealed that Russia and an EU Army will enter into a final conflict with Israel and the Middle East.  Germany is the key country in what Bible Prophecy refers to as the land of “Magog”. They are spoken of militarily as the “King of the North”.  Together the Bible says that Russia and the EU will invade the Middle East in the Last Days.  So Bible Students expect to see Germany and France taking a greater role in leading Europe.  It is also interesting to see Germany taking greater control of a continent they tried to take by war and failed.

Yet again we see in Todays News Headlines words that show how the Nations are fulfilling the latter day alignment of Nations as Prophesied by the Bible. 

See this article to learn more about this and the latter day prophecies of the Bible.

See this article for more on this subject: EUROPE WITHOUT AMERICA