US remarks on NATO are pushing Europe to seek alternative security options, Spain says

(Fixes links in last paragraph)MADRID, April 7 (Reuters) - Recent U.S. complaints about NATO allies and threats to quit the alliance are pushing European countries to seek alternative security arrangements, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Tuesday.After European countries declined to send their navies to open up the Strait of Hormuz to global shipping following the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran on February 28, U.S. President Donald Trump has declared he is considering withdrawing from the alliance, thrusting it into a crisis.