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Europe needs to be armed to survive, says Donald Tusk

Europe needs to be armed to survive, says Donald Tusk

“There is no choice,” the Polish Prime Minister warned in an address to the European Parliament.

January 22, 2025 1:51 pm CET
Desperate for peace, Ukraine embraces Trump
Zelenskyy excoriates Europe in Davos speech
Poland fumes over US block on AI chips

Poland fumes over US block on AI chips

January 21, 2025 4:25 am CET
Global leaders join the show as Trump promises US domination
As Trump arrives, Macron hints NATO spending target is too low
Norway cool on Trump’s demand for a massive defense spending increase
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EU industry chief warns Trump: Trade war won’t let us hit defense spending target

Stéphane Séjourné said Europe needs to invest more in defense but that it would be impossible to do so amid a trade war.

January 20, 2025 12:16 pm CET

Why Trump means good times for Europe’s arms-makers

The industry anticipates that no matter what the new U.S. president does, it stands to make a lot of money.

January 20, 2025 6:00 am CET

Ukraine risks being ‘Trump’s Vietnam,’ says Steve Bannon

Trump’s former chief strategist fears his old boss won’t make a clean break and stop military aid to Kyiv.

January 20, 2025 4:00 am CET

Europe needs to adapt or it will get left behind

Boldly aiming for “strategic interdependence,” the EU should embrace interconnectedness where prudent while building autonomy where it can.

January 20, 2025 4:00 am CET

Leaked memo reveals alarming German warnings over Trump

Trump’s second term will bring a “maximum concentration of power with the president,” Germany’s ambassador to the U.S. warns in confidential document obtained by Reuters.

January 19, 2025 2:20 pm CET

‘If you compromise with totalitarian systems, you will pay a high price’

In a new book, Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner urges the U.S. and Europe to join together in a “Freedom Trade Alliance” against China, Russia and other autocracies.

January 18, 2025 4:45 pm CET

Lithuania pledges to hit Donald Trump’s 5 percent defense spending target

“Difficult times require bold decisions [and] leadership. We call on our allies to follow this lead,” says Baltic nation’s Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys.

January 17, 2025 11:58 am CET

Greenland’s PM stands firm on independence: ‘We want to be Greenlanders’

His remarks risk frustrating President-elect Donald Trump.

January 17, 2025 6:56 am CET

Annalena Baerbock: Ein Bilanzgespräch

In dieser Extra-Ausgabe spricht Annalena Baerbock mit Gordon Repinski über die neuen Herausforderungen, die sich mit der Wiederwahl von Donald Trump als US-Präsident ergeben. Wie verändert sich …

January 17, 2025 5:30 am CET

Germany’s Baerbock hammers own government for faltering on Ukraine aid

“Germany as a whole isn’t currently seen as a driving force for peace policy in Europe, and honestly that pains me,” Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told POLITICO.

January 17, 2025 4:01 am CET

Who’s in charge? What von der Leyen’s absence reveals about the EU

While the president of the European Commission was secretly in the hospital, the next president of the United States was musing about invading Greenland. Ahead of Donald …

January 17, 2025 4:00 am CET

Russia strikes Kyiv as UK’s Starmer arrives to sign 100-year treaty with Zelenskyy

British leader’s trip comes at a key moment, with peace talks on the horizon as Donald Trump returns to power and threatens to shake up the dynamics of war.

January 16, 2025 7:11 am CET
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Who’s been invited? World’s far-right populists pack guest list for Trump’s inauguration

The U.S. president-elect lays down a clear ideological marker with his unusual invitees from across the globe.

January 16, 2025 4:01 am CET

How to woo Donald Trump: Tips from a diplomacy pro

Tom Fletcher served three U.K. prime ministers — and has plenty of advice for diplomats in the Trump era.

January 16, 2025 4:00 am CET

Spend more on arms to keep Trump sweet, say Poland and Ukraine’s leaders

Ukraine and Poland heal their own relationship in face of Russian aggression.

January 15, 2025 6:03 pm CET

The West wants WW3, Romania’s presidential front-runner tells conspiracist Alex Jones

Ultranationalist Călin Georgescu lashes out at “globalist elite” in rambling interview with hard-right U.S. influencer.

January 15, 2025 4:24 pm CET

How Ukraine inspired NATO’s new task force to deter Putin

A new NATO-Ukraine center will help the alliance keep an edge over Russia, a top commander tells POLITICO.

January 15, 2025 2:42 pm CET

NATO to deploy drones, aircraft to counter wave of Baltic Sea cable attacks

Baltic Sea country leaders are meeting in Helsinki after a series of incidents involving energy and data cables.

January 14, 2025 1:03 pm CET

Pay for weapons to keep your freedom, warn Europe’s Big 5 defense spenders

Germany, the U.K., France, Poland and Italy want to boost defense production and slash regulations.

January 13, 2025 9:47 pm CET

Rethink welfare to finance military splurge, NATO boss tells European Parliament

If spending doesn’t rise, then MEPs should “get out your Russian language courses or go to New Zealand.”

January 13, 2025 7:06 pm CET

Ukraine can join NATO — if allies are willing to be bold

Right now, Russia knows all it needs to do to prevent a country from joining is to invade and partially occupy it — and that needs to change.

January 13, 2025 4:00 am CET

Poland backs Trump push for NATO to boost defense spending to 5 percent of GDP

It “will take another decade” to reach Trump’s proposed goal, Poland’s defense minister tells the FT.

January 12, 2025 5:11 pm CET

Germany reportedly boosting domestic defense with new division

The reorganization will take effect on April 1 and will bring the number of German army divisions to four, according to the reports.

January 12, 2025 12:30 pm CET

EU bans ‘Turkaegean’ slogan following Greece’s appeal

Territorial sovereignty in the Aegean Sea has been a contentious issue between Greece and Turkey, whose summer economies rely heavily on tourism.

January 11, 2025 12:48 pm CET
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