Category: 3. Europe

THE HAGUE, Netherlands —  European Union leaders have wrapped up a busy week for defense, endorsing a landmark plan Thursday to unlock a combined €800 billion ($866 billion) in European military spending, though some political fissures…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Lennon Tyler and her German fiancé often took road trips to Mexico when he vacationed in the United States since it was only a day’s drive from her home in Las Vegas, one of the perks…

The European Commission has confirmed it would phase out the term “Rearm Europe” to describe its multi-billion initiative to rearm Europe after backlash from the leaders of Italy and Spain, who argue the name is excessively charged…

There’s an often-heard and slightly predictable argument about European security. The continent is old and a bit doddery, it’s said. Getting a decision on anything takes years and the cake that emerges is disappointing and heavily…

Only 13 percent believe Trump “respects democratic principles,” while 43 percent say the U.S. president “has authoritarian tendencies” and 39 percent even think Trump “acts like a dictator.”

It’s not just Trump who is viewed…

For years European officials have talked a big game on defence. The European Union has made numerous proposals to boost the continent’s puny production of arms. Three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, what do Europe’s…

Ultimately though, tough wording threatening additional sanctions on Russian energy and trade goods might mean little, given actually implementing it at an EU level still does require unanimity — and Hungary has time and time again blocked…

Summary

• Faced with an aggressive new Trump administration, Europeans must understand the assets they can use as deterrents
• Across trade, technology, infrastructure, finance and people-to-people relations,…

“It is urgent … to organize ourselves to welcome talents who would like or need to leave the United States,” French Research Minister Philippe Baptiste told POLITICO in a statement.

The U.S. is not mentioned by name in the letter but…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Wednesday announced a new drive to break its security dependency on the United States, with a focus on buying more defense equipment in Europe.

The EU’s executive…