European NATO member countries intervene militarily in support of the United States and Israel against Iran? Donald Trump made a request to them on March 16, 2026, calling on certain leaders for help, before backtracking and stating that the US did not need it, adding that NATO was making a “really stupid mistake.”
However, from Paris to Berlin, Madrid, and London, the response is actually negative. “This is not our war,” declared German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius loudly in front of the press – a position confirmed on March 18 by Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who is known for being conciliatory with Donald Trump. “We are not involved in the conflict,” emphasized Emmanuel Macron on March 17, specifying that it is a “conflict that we did not choose.”
Spain and the United Kingdom have shown the same attitude, as have the Scandinavian countries.
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Meanwhile, the United States and Israel are at a deadlock: after launching a major war without informing any allied country, not only is the Iranian regime resisting much better than expected, but its attacks on Gulf allied countries have shown their dependence on them.
