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With Brussels increasingly taking charge of Europe’s defense agenda, arms-makers are beefing up their influence in EU institutions.

In view of Trump’s stance on Europe and Ukraine, the chancellor-in-waiting announced a historic plan to boost defense and the economy.

The British prime minister has had a shaky start at home — but is winning grudging praise for his response to Trump’s Ukraine pivot.

The minerals deal is still on the table. So are deals with Russia.

The National Rally president took a more nuanced stance than his party’s presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen.

– Nach dem Bruch im Weißen Haus: Wie weiter für die Ukraine nach dem Gipfel in London und vor dem Gipfel am Donnerstag in Brüssel? Einschätzungen auch …

The EU needs to find ways to massively ramp up defense spending, the French president says.

A Thursday summit in Brussels will follow Sunday’s top-level diplomacy in London, with Europe’s leaders still facing important questions over military spending.

“We are at a crossroads in history,” says U.K.’s Starmer as some European leaders vow to increase defense spending.

French president’s urging comes ahead of Thursday’s special EU summit focused on defense, as Trump signals a friendlier approach to Moscow and disengagement from Europe.

Britain and France step in to heal Trump-Zelenskyy rift while Italy’s Meloni says she’s willing to be a bridge-builder.

After Donald Trump’s explosive fallout with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the conservative leader Weber is urging Europe to take its security into its own hands.

British prime minister says lasting peace in Ukraine needs European security guarantees and a U.S. backstop.

Macron’s main opponent is ready to fight plans to pool European resources to make up for the looming loss of the U.S. military protection.

Uncertainty over whether America is still a reliable ally is helping the cause of EU countries pushing for more defense spending.

Inside the months of quiet, grinding preparation that went into the British prime minister’s all-smiles first trip to the Trump White House — and why it could all still unravel.

Trump vindicated the French president on self-reliant defense. But with Putin looming, the hard work starts now for Europe.

Trump lauded Britain’s leader but gave little ground, a day ahead of his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The French president and British prime minister have been to the White House to urge President Donald Trump not to abandon Kyiv as negotiations with Russia loom. …

Keir Starmer and Donald Trump will likely be all smiles during their meeting Thursday — but a frosty encounter between the two nations’ leaders isn’t unusual.

“If there is a cease-fire without a backstop, it will simply give him the opportunity to wait and to come again,” Keir Starmer warned on the flight to Washington, D.C.

Incoming German leader will hold high-stakes talks with French president as Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump hover over Europe.

One German aluminum factory decided to go green and close its smelter. The EU faces a similar choice, with Europe’s future at stake.

The U.K. prime minister heads to Washington on Wednesday having put his money where his mouth is on boosting the military budget. Will it be enough to keep the president on side?