Welcome to the NewsHour. America's historic allies came together at one of the world's key

diplomatic gatherings today to try and chart a new future. The Munich Security Conference has long

hosted frank debates, and this year, European leaders confronted a world in which some of them

aren't sure whether the United States will continue to help

guarantee their security.

But U.S. officials portrayed their foreign policy as a necessary correction to years of mismanagement.

Nick Schifrin is in Munich for us tonight.

Today in Munich, world leaders displayed all the stages of grief for their old relationship

with the U.S. denial, anger, bargaining, and perhaps a little depression, but in the end, acceptance

and calls to action.

A true ally takes his obligations seriously.

No one forced us into the excessive dependence on the United States that we have found ourselves

in recently.

This immaturity was our own fault.

But we are now leaving the situation behind us, and sooner rather than later.

German Chancellor Frederick Mertz spoke for many here when he admitted that Europe had

relied too much on the U.S.

And French President Emmanuel Macron also spoke for money when he called for Europe to step

up.

In this new geopolitical environment, Europe has to become a geopolitical power.

It's ongoing, but we have to accelerate

and clearly to deliver all the components

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