Scholz wants to discuss Ukraine arms deliveries with EU leaders at February...
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to put added pressure on EU partners to deliver more weapons to Ukraine by raising the issue at a special summit of EU leaders next month. Politicos will...
View ArticleVon der Leyen expected to announce candidacy for second term on February 19
BERLIN — Ursula von der Leyen will most likely announce her candidacy for a second term as European Commission president on February 19 in Berlin, according to two people familiar with the German...
View ArticleHerr Macron! How the French president surprised Berlin with a speech in German
BERLIN — Emmanuel Macron: French president, statesman and, er, German speaker. Macron impressed and surprised mourners in the German parliament on Monday by delivering a eulogy for Wolfgang Schäuble...
View Article‘There is no stop’ to talks on LatAm trade deal: Commission says
Brussels is not calling a halt to talks on a trade deal with the Latin American Mercosur bloc, an aide to Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said Tuesday after French President Emmanuel Macron —...
View ArticleGerman parliament approves 2024 budget, but further troubles loom
The German parliament on Friday approved the ruling coalition’s budget for this year, closing a tumultuous chapter in a spending crisis that has rocked Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government since a top...
View ArticleIran says US-British strikes in Yemen are ‘fueling chaos and disorder’ in...
Iran on Sunday denounced U.S. and British air strikes on Yemen as “fueling chaos and disorder” and risking an escalation of the war in the Middle East. Washington and London, with support from partner...
View Article‘We agree to disagree’: German, French leaders clash over Mercosur deal
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on Monday traded barbs over whether to conclude the EU’s landmark trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc of South...
View ArticleGermany urges Orbán to ratify Sweden’s NATO bid as ‘a matter of loyalty’
BERLIN — Germany is piling pressure on Viktor Orbán to speed up approval of Sweden’s NATO membership bid after the Hungarian leader’s ruling Fidesz party held up ratification on Monday. “We believe...
View ArticleGerman liberal tail wags EU dog — again
Germany’s liberals have done it again. After causing uproar in Brussels with a last-minute veto on phasing out combustion engines last year, the smallest party in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party...
View ArticlePoland tempers reparation demand from Germany
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski significantly softened Warsaw’s demand for reparations from Germany and proposed an alternative settlement to the long-standing dispute, such as investments...
View ArticleOnly military might will win Europe respect, Poland’s Tusk tells fellow leaders
PARIS — The European Union will only be taken seriously if it becomes a serious military power, Polish PM Donald Tusk told his German counterpart Olaf Scholz on Monday evening. The Polish leader, in...
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Zelenskyy blames Putin for Navalny’s death as leaders voice outrage
MUNICH — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy didn’t mince words Friday about who he holds responsible for the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny: Vladimir Putin. “It is obvious to...
View ArticleGermany and Ukraine sign security agreement
BERLIN — Germany will provide long-term military support and training to Ukraine “to fully restore” the country’s territorial integrity under an agreement signed between the leaders of both nations on...
View ArticleUkraine signs security pacts with Germany, France
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday struck separate long-term agreements with France and Germany for military support and training for Ukraine. Germany committed to not only support...
View ArticleUrsula von der Leyen announces bid for 2nd term
BERLIN — She wants five more years. After months of speculation, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced her bid to become the lead candidate of the center-right European People’s...
View ArticleVon der Leyen’s 2nd-term pitch: More military might, less climate talk
Behold Ursula von der Leyen’s transformation from green dove to military hawk. As the European Commission president announced her bid for another term on Monday, von der Leyen was unequivocal: Her...
View ArticleBaerbock urges German coalition to ‘intensively consider’ Taurus deliveries...
PODGORICA, Montenegro — German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Monday called on her government to “intensively consider” potential deliveries of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, stressing that...
View ArticleDon’t frustrate Bosnia and Herzegovina on EU accession, foreign minister warns
SARAJEVO — EU leaders should open membership talks with Bosnia and Herzegovina later this month to support the country’s European ambitions and avoid “further frustration,” Foreign Minister Elmedin...
View ArticleUK to Germany: Sending Taurus missiles won’t escalate Ukraine war
Supplying Taurus missiles to Ukraine won’t ramp up the country’s conflict with Russia, Britain’s foreign secretary insisted Thursday, amid an intense debate in Germany about whether to send Kyiv the...
View ArticleScholz, Macron and Tusk to meet in Berlin to hash out differences on Ukraine
BERLIN — French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Berlin on Friday to meet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in an effort to reduce tensions over Ukraine that have spilled out into the open in...
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