EU leaders back new defense spending plans after Trump signals that Europe must fend for itself
European Union leaders on Thursday backed new defense spending plans aimed at freeing up billions of euros for the ...
Germany: Can CDU/CSU and SPD forge a government deal?
Germany needs a new government fast. The center-right and center-left are set to hammer out an agreement by Easter, but there are several sticking points.
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Europe Ukraine latest: EU leaders hold emergency talks on increasing military spending for Ukraine
European Union leaders are holding emergency talks on ways to quickly increase their military budgets after the Trump ...
Chancellor-elect Merz’s public spending deal sees German borrowing costs soar highest since 1997
The surge followed an agreement led by Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz that would largely exempt defence spending from ...
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Europe could pay the price for Germany’s debt shake-up
Germany has finally decided to join the party – but Europe may come to regret it. After two decades of limited borrowing and ...
EU leaders open emergency talks on defence and Ukraine aid as US support wanes
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants to be up to the task and has proposed an 800 billion euro (£651 ...
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Germany's extreme right profited from economic decline. Keir Starmer should take note
Germany is the latest European country to shift to the right, following last weekend’s elections.  Economic decline is a big ...
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Debate over rates pause mounts as ECB set to cut again
Massive German spending pledges and uncertainty caused by US trade policy are fuelling expectations the European Central Bank ...
France Open to Discussing Extension of Nuclear Deterrence, Macron Says
In a televised address, President Emmanuel Macron warned that Europe needed to deal with a retreating America and a bellicose ...