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…
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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France will consider extending the protection of its nuclear arsenal to its allies, French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday, while warning that Europe…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Ursula von der Leyen delivers an announcement on a new $843 billion EU defense package (European Commission)
BELFAST — As allies brace for the US to cut military funding for Ukraine, the European Union announced today a new €800 billion…
There is little more U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration could do to signal that their objectives in Ukraine radically differ from those of Europe. And yet, Europeans continue to be in denial.
To put it bluntly: For Trump, Ukraine…
Europeans were barely getting their head around spending NATO’s official target of 2 percent of their GDP toward defense when U.S. President Donald Trump upped his ask to 5 percent. That caused some panic, but it was also easy to dismiss…