Angela Merkel says Europe can no longer rely on US or UK – and must ‘fight for its own destiny’, by Nick Allen.

Her extraordinary comments followed meetings of European leaders with Mr Trump at Nato and the G7. Mrs Merkel, speaking at an election campaign event in a Bavarian beer tent, said it had served as a wake-up call.

She said: “The times in which we can fully count on others are somewhat over, as I have experienced in the past few days. And so, all I can say is that we Europeans must really take our destiny into our own hands.”

Referencing Brexit, she said: “Of course we need to have friendly relations with the US, and with the UK, and with other neighbours, including Russia. … We have to fight for our own future ourselves, for our destiny as Europeans.”

So grow up and pay your own way.

hat-tip Stephen Neil