French president raises eyebrows by describing nato is brain dead is the alliance weakening can europe create an alternative this is inside story. Hello welcome to the show im sam is a than nato is experiencing brain death so says french president emanuel microloan many of his European Partners in the alliance certainly dont agree though they call is words drastic and dangerous in an interview with the economist magazine the french president blamed the us saying its commitment to nato is weakening microns cited the us failure to consult it before pulling its forces out of Northern Syria he also questioned whether the alliance is still committed to collective defense and he called on europe to think of itself as a geopolitical power and ensure its in control of its destiny microns remarks come ahead of a summit in the u. K. Early next month to mark nato 70th anniversary u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei or says nato must change or risk irrelevance. Ledo runs always the risk that it w