Brussels, April 15 -- Europe is mulling a fallback plan to ensure that North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) survives in an event of the US pulling back as Germany had been a long-time proponent of go-it-alone approach, a report by the Wall Street Journal says.

European officials- Wall Street Journal has learned- are referring to the plan as "European NATO." They seek to get more Europeans in the higher ranks of command-and-control roles and supplement US military assets with their own.

The plan still floats informally through dinner meetings, and is not intended to rival the current alliance. European officials are aiming to deterrence against Russia.

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