{"id":142520,"date":"2026-05-06T00:07:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediplomatinspain.com\/2026\/05\/06\/robles-aboga-por-reforzar-el-pilar-europeo-de-la-otan-tras-la-amenaza-de-trump-de-retirar-tropas-de-alemania-espana-e-italia\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:22:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T06:22:57","slug":"robles-advocates-for-strengthening-natos-european-pillar-after-trumps-threat-to-withdraw-troops-from-germany-spain-and-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomatinspain.com\/en\/2026\/05\/06\/robles-advocates-for-strengthening-natos-european-pillar-after-trumps-threat-to-withdraw-troops-from-germany-spain-and-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Robles advocates for strengthening NATO&#8217;s European pillar after Trump&#8217;s threat to withdraw troops from Germany, Spain, and Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><strong>Eduardo Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h4><strong>Defense Minister Margarita Robles defended on Tuesday the need to strengthen the European pillar of the Atlantic Alliance, days after US President Donald Trump announced the possible withdrawal of troops from Germany, Italy, and Spain due to these countries&#8217; lack of support in the Iran-Contra conflict.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;We are very clear that the European Union pillar must be strengthened. Spain&#8217;s position, based on conviction and principles, is clear: commitment to our allies, to peace, respect for international law, and no to illegal wars,&#8221; Robles stated during her participation in the &#8220;Vanguard Forums&#8221; in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>The minister also reiterated that Spain is firmly committed to NATO, &#8220;both on the Alliance&#8217;s eastern flank, on land, in the maritime domain, in the airspace over Lithuania, and in various countries protecting the Baltic Sea.&#8221; \u201cWithin NATO, Spain is one of the countries that collaborates the most, and it does so with what is most important: people,\u201d stated the Minister of Defense. \u201cWe believe in democracy, in the Atlantic Alliance, in defense, and in multilateralism, and that is why we are here,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Last Wednesday, Trump announced that his administration \u201cis studying and analyzing the possible reduction of troops in Germany,\u201d specifically 5,000 personnel, in response to remarks by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, in which he criticized the war in Iran and stated that the United States is being \u201chumiliated\u201d by the prolongation of the conflict. \u201cThe Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skilled at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave again without any results,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, when asked by reporters at the White House if he planned to do the same with Spain and Italy, Trump replied: \u201cYes, probably. 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