Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz is promising a constitutional revolution to allow Germany to become Europe’s unlikely big spender — on arms and infrastructure — to contend with a new world order in which America is no longer a dependable ally.
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Germany’s Merz has 2 weeks to deliver historic spending revolution – POLITICO
Losing faith in Washington as a military ally, Berlin wants to rip up the old fiscal orthodoxy. But it’s now a race against the clock.
Every man in Poland will undergo military training as part of an effort to build a 500,000-strong military to face off the threat from Russia, Prime Minister Donald Tusk told the parliament today.
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Poland seeks access to nuclear arms and looks to build half-million-man army – POLITICO
Already a major spender within NATO, Warsaw has massive military plans as fears grow about the reliability of the U.S. as an ally against Russia.
Cracks are appearing in the European Central Bank's united front as the urgent need for cash to rearm Europe threatens to overpower legalistic and technocratic concerns about how the single currency should be managed.
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ECB resistance wavers as pressure mounts to seize Russian assets – POLITICO
ECB President Christine Lagarde has reiterated the central bank’s cautious stance, but opposition is growing at the Russian frontier.
COMMENTARY: “You don’t have the cards,” Donald Trump taunted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Arguably, though, the US president is the one snatching away any cards Ukraine did possess, single-handedly pushing the country into its most perilous time since the all-out invasion began in February 2022.
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Arguably, though, the US president is the one snatching away any cards Ukraine did possess, single-handedly pushing the country into its most perilous time since the all-out invasion began in February 2022.
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Trump says Ukraine doesn’t hold any cards — he’s the one snatching them – POLITICO
The U.S. president has single-handedly pushed Kyiv into its most perilous time since Russia’s all-out invasion began.
Romania, a country of 19 million people bordering Ukraine, is now at the center of a transatlantic dispute between allies of US president Donald Trump and European centrists who fear a crucial election is being manipulated by Moscow.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government expelled a British diplomat and the spouse of another today, after accusing them of spying.
It’s the twist in a long-running, tit-for-tat row between London and Moscow.
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It’s the twist in a long-running, tit-for-tat row between London and Moscow.
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Putin boots out more British diplomats in spying row – POLITICO
Russia’s FSB accuses pair of “intelligence and subversive work” – as Britain brands the claims “baseless.”
European NATO members have become even more dependent on US weapons than before, according to a report released today.
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US dominates European weapons purchases: report – POLITICO
European NATO members have become even more dependent on U.S. weapons than before, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released Monday. European ar…
🚨 BREAKING: Ukraine launched its biggest drone attack on Moscow since the start of the war with Russia last night, hours before a delegation from Kyiv was due to meet with US officials for peace talks in Saudi Arabia.
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Ukraine launches ‘massive’ drone strike on Moscow ahead of US peace talks – POLITICO
Representatives for Kyiv and Washington are in Saudi Arabia to discuss a peace deal for Ukraine.
When it comes to spending on defense, who should contribute what is set to become a heated debate in France's parliament — and risks ending in deadlock.
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American, Portuguese and British authorities are investigating what caused a cargo ship to collide with an oil tanker carrying jet fuel for the US military off the coast of eastern England yesterday.
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Man arrested over North Sea oil tanker fire – POLITICO
U.S. Stena Immaculate chemical tanker was carrying some 35 million liters of aviation fuel for the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command.
Greenlanders will trudge across ice and snow to cast their ballots today in a parliamentary election.
Amid Donald Trump’s repeated threats to take over Greenland, the vote could be one of the most consequential in the island’s history.
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Amid Donald Trump’s repeated threats to take over Greenland, the vote could be one of the most consequential in the island’s history.
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Shipments of Russian oil to Hungary were interrupted today after Ukraine launched a major wave of drone strikes against Moscow, just months after Budapest secured a sweetheart deal with Kyiv that allows it to keep buying supplies of fuel despite the invasion.
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Hungary begs Ukraine to spare Russian oil pipelines after drone strike cuts off flow – POLITICO
Budapest has refused to reduce its dependence on Russian fossil fuels despite the war raging next door.
Cybersecurity experts including the UK's former cybersecurity chief are pouring cold water over Elon Musk’s suggestion that a large-scale cyberattack on his social media site X came from Ukraine.
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Musk blames Ukrainians for cyberattack on X. Experts aren’t convinced. – POLITICO
Evidence of Ukrainian involvement in X disruptions is very thin, cyber experts say.
OPINION: If we’re really standing with Ukrainians, our role is to support their choices. None of us may claim the right or authority to tell them when and what to surrender.
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After more than three years of war, Ukraine has agreed to a US proposal for an immediate ceasefire.
The 30-day truce will come into effect if Russia signs up to the same terms, according to a joint statement from the Ukrainian and American governments.
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The 30-day truce will come into effect if Russia signs up to the same terms, according to a joint statement from the Ukrainian and American governments.
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Trump’s Ukraine ceasefire plan: What we know so far – POLITICO
Here’s what we know so far about the proposed Russia-Ukraine truce agreed between Marco Rubio and Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s team in Saudi Arabia.
The captain of a cargo ship which collided with a tanker containing US armed forces jet fuel in the North Sea is a Russian national, according to the ship’s owners.
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Captain of ship that crashed into US tanker is Russian, owner says – POLITICO
Solong crashed into the U.S. tanker Stena Immaculate off the East Yorkshire coast Monday.
Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin is highly unlikely to embrace a US-brokered ceasefire proposal that Ukraine has already endorsed, a former Russian diplomat warned today.
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Why Putin will seek to sink Trump’s Ukraine ceasefire plan – POLITICO
Former Kremlin diplomat trashes idea that Russian leader will sign up to U.S.-brokered truce in Ukraine.
🚨 BREAKING: Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Vladimir Putin tonight as the White House pushes the Kremlin to accept a Ukraine ceasefire agreement.
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Trump envoy Witkoff to meet Putin tonight amid Ukraine ceasefire push – POLITICO
A top Kremlin adviser says the sit-down will “take place in a closed format this evening.”
🚨 BREAKING: Vladimir Putin has put heavy conditions on Donald Trump’s Ukraine ceasefire plan, threatening to stall progress toward any deal.
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Putin puts heavy conditions on Trump’s Ukraine ceasefire plan – POLITICO
Russian leader says he agrees with proposals to halt military action — but there’s a catch.
While the issue of land was discussed during almost eight hours of talks with the US in Saudi Arabia earlier this week, Ukraine says that territorial concessions were not raised and remain taboo for Kyiv, a top Ukrainian official familiar with the negotiations told us today.
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Ukraine defends red line in peace talks — no territorial concessions – POLITICO
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said ahead of negotiations that Kyiv will have to give up land to Russia in order to achieve a peace deal