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European leaders must decide this week whether to mobilize €193 billion in sovereign funds held by a Belgian clearinghouse. Failure would ‘seriously damage the EU’s capacity for action for years,’ warns German chancellor Merz

The director of the Brussels Institute for Geopolitics criticizes the EU’s appeasement policy towards Trump

The European executive is investigating whether a network of agents recruited officials in Brussels in order to access sensitive information on matters of importance to the Hungarian government. Budapest denies the allegations

The technological development of unmanned vehicles is revolutionizing the defense industry worldwide

Brussels underscores that trade is the exclusive responsibility of the European executive and that there is already a bilateral trade agreement with the US

The European body has halted the convening of its executive committee, while the international federation has not included the possible sanction in its council meeting Thursday

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk believes the incident puts Europe ‘the closest we have been to open conflict since World War Two’

European defense and foreign ministers convene in Copenhagen with the priority of expanding sanctions against Moscow and discussing the fate of frozen Russian assets

A dozen member states have some form of Armed Forces civilian training program, a growing trend since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Germany is the latest to follow suit

The carefully choreographed European talks sought to curb the US cronyism with Putin seen in Alaska and increase pressure on Moscow to agree to negotiations with Kyiv

Keir Starmer uses geopolitical uncertainty and the need for rearmament to rekindle cooperation between London and Brussels

The Ukrainian president and several European leaders will meet with the US president Monday to discuss peace negotiations with Russia

The former president, a loyal Putin supporter, uses social media to attack Europe and Ukraine. His criticism of Trump has led the US to patrol nuclear submarines in the region

The US president has taken advantage of Europe’s geostrategic and economic vulnerability to strike a one-way trade deal and impose spending of 5% of GDP on defense 

Faced with the uncertainty generated by Trump, Reykjavik is strengthening its commitment to the Alliance and its relationship with the EU

Brussels has not only accepted a 15% tariff, but also pledged to buy billions of dollars’ worth of energy products from Washington and increase its investments in the US

The US president also calls on Netanyahu to make changes in Gaza and acknowledges that children in the Strip ‘look very hungry’

The weariness of European capitals with Washington’s posturing is strengthening Brussels’ search for answers during the final stages of negotiations

An analysis reveals a spike in pro-Russian disinformation networks surrounding the attempt to oust the European Commission president earlier this month

Von der Leyen and Merz urge caution amid Macron’s tougher stance against Washington

The Finnish-American law professor warns about the rise of digital authoritarianism in the US. As a defender of European-style regulation as a democratic model, she calls on the EU to resist external and internal pressure

Uncertainty and a rush to negotiate are defining the end of the 90-day pause, which expires Wednesday. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says countries that fail to reach an agreement by August 1 will ‘boomerang’ back to ‘Liberation Day’ rates

Spain’s King Felipe VI opened a gathering attended by over 70 world leaders, with the notable absence of the United States, at a time of ‘obvious lack of funding’

Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on Spain for refusing to increase its defense expenditure is causing concern in Brussels, where officials are racing to prevent a trade war