Brussels rebrands 'Rearm Europe' plan after backlash from leaders of Italy and Spain
The new term, "Readiness 2030," is a direct response to the complaints voiced by Giorgia Meloni and Pedro Sánchez in recent ...
Rearming Europe: Brussels grapples with prospect of new large-scale loan
Ahead of Friedrich Merz's arrival in power in Berlin, several leaders are pushing for Eurobonds to fund the continent's ...
Brussels seeks to purchase weapons for entire EU
The European Commission is seeking to set up collective arms purchasing for the entire bloc, in what would represent a ...
EU must pay more heed to instability in Western Balkans, says Croatian PM
European Union leaders must pay more attention to increased instability in the Western Balkans, specifically in Bosnia and ...
EU delays retaliatory trade action to mid-April to work out the impact of Trump's reciprocal tariffs
The European Union is delaying until mid-April its retaliatory trade action over the Trump administration's increase in ...
EU does hasty reset of definition of defence spending
When do state investments in arms factories, or the wages of tank crews and pilots not count as defence spending? Answer: ...
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Brussels hold’em: European cards against Trumpian coercion
Faced with an aggressive United States, Europe has more leverage than it realises. Across trade, technology, infrastructure, ...
EU signals a new drive to buy European weapons and break its security dependency on the US
The EU's executive branch unveiled its “Readiness 2030” security strategy with the threat of Russian aggression at the ...
Can Europe’s New Military Spending Help Its Economies?
The continent’s leaders hope a surge of investment, to fill a security void left by the United States, can ignite growth. It ...
Europe Delays Tariffs on U.S. Whiskey to Make Time to Negotiate
The European trade commissioner said U.S. officials wanted to start negotiating only after a fresh set of Trump ...