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Europe can no longer rely on US to 'protect' it: Merkel

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AFP Aachen(Germany)

Europe can no longer rely on the United States to protect it, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today, urging the bloc to take its destiny in its own hands.

"It is no longer such that the United States simply protects us, but Europe must take its destiny in its own hands, that's the task of the future," she said, after US President Donald Trump left traditional allies scrambling by ditching the landmark Iran nuclear deal.

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First Published: May 10 2018 | 4:55 PM IST

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