Category: 3. Europe
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Hungary on same page with other European countries on strengthening defense
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Europe-led NATO is ‘future of defense on continent’
pentagon —On a windy Thursday outside Washington at the Pentagon, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed his British counterpart to discuss how best to quickly end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
“European leadership of NATO, led by the…
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Majority of western Europeans think Trump is threat to peace, survey finds | Donald Trump
Large majorities in five western European countries think Donald Trump is a threat to peace and security in Europe, a survey has found, after the US president assailed Volodymyr Zelenskyy and suspended military aid to Ukraine.
The YouGov polling…
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For this French senator, Trump is a traitor—and Europe is now alone
French Senator Claude Malhuret speaks on the Senate floor on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Credit: Public Sénat)
“Best take on current national affairs that have taken place in the past two months,” said one user on the Bluesky social media…
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Feasibility of meeting future battery demand via domestic cell production in Europe
General approach
We used probabilistic modelling of S-shaped production ramp-up and technology diffusion based on the latest empirical data to project future battery demand and domestic production in Europe, covering the EU, the European Free…
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Europe must trim its welfare state to build a warfare state
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In that rare thing, an Angela Merkel statement that aged well, the long-serving German chancellor worried that Europe accounted…
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Von der Leyen’s ‘Rearm Europe’ plan and the holes in it
European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen’s new plan to “Rearm Europe” included close to no fresh money and left the burden of finding the real cash on member states’ shoulders.
Von der Leyen said on Tuesday morning that the EU…
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Europe’s leaders hold Ukraine talks at ‘turning point in history’
EU leaders gathered in Brussels on Thursday for a special council on defence, as France’s President Emmanuel Macron warned that the continent was at a “turning point of history”.
As well as rearmament, leaders are expected to discuss how the body…
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European leaders brace for their ‘5-minutes-to-midnight’ nightmare summit – POLITICO
The commission is proposing to loosen EU spending rules to allow governments to boost their military. According to von der Leyen, allowing countries to increase defense spending equivalent to 1.5 percent of gross domestic product over four…
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Europe has the resources to defend itself and back Ukraine against Russia
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled an unprecedented $840 billion plan to increase EU defense spending…
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