German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europe must define its own security interests more clearly after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
"America is no longer unconditionally prepared to take a leading role everywhere in the world," Merkel said on Monday during a discussion with representatives of the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Jerusalem, dpa reported.
Merkel, who will leave office when a new German coalition is formed following last month's parliamentary elections, was on a farewell visit to Israel.
