France to host another Ukraine summit on March 27
BRUSSELS ― Emmanuel Macron is planning to host a group of European leaders on Thursday, March 27, to discuss Ukraine and security in Europe, three officials told POLITICO. French President Emmanuel...
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Germany’s big spending splurge gives EU the jitters
BRUSSELS ― European Union governments have expressed fears that the radical spending plans announced by Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting will end up skewing the bloc’s single market and could give the...
View ArticleKyiv asks EU officials for May 9 visit to counter Putin’s victory parade
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government invited top European officials on May 9 to Kyiv as a show of diplomatic force against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual military parade in...
View ArticleMerz to visit Paris May 7, officials say
PARIS — Germany’s incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to visit Paris on May 7 after taking office as expected the day before, according to four officials familiar with the plans. Merz said on...
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Can France and Germany’s new love-fest survive their lingering differences?
PARIS — Love is in the air. The Franco-German couple (as the French say) or engine (as the Germans say) has rarely felt more in tune and more aligned. French and German officials are gushing that...
View ArticlePoland criticizes Germany’s plan for tougher border controls
BERLIN — Poland’s top diplomat in Berlin has criticized the incoming German government’s plans to tighten border controls just days before the new regime is set to take office. “The current controls...
View ArticleEU and Ukraine launch special tribunal to prosecute Putin’s war crimes
LVIV, Ukraine — Foreign ministers from the EU, U.K. and Ukraine Friday launched a new tribunal to prosecute Russian officials responsible for war crimes against Ukraine. That sends a grim counterpoint...
View ArticleEuropean leaders win Trump’s support to pressure Putin on unconditional...
KYIV — European leaders on Saturday upped the pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to accept a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine without any conditions attached, warning that Western allies would...
View ArticleGermany’s foreign minister condemns Israel’s approval of new West Bank...
BERLIN — German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has condemned a plan by Israel’s government to undertake a major expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank. “Even as friends, we cannot ignore...
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Brussels cooks up side deal to melt Macron’s resistance to Mercosur
BRUSSELS — The European Commission is weighing a side declaration to ease French concerns and secure the approval of a long-delayed trade pact with the Mercosur trade bloc, three diplomats and...
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Friedrich Merz wants a US trade deal within days. The EU fears it will be a...
BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is demanding that Brussels strike a trade deal with the United States within days, as concerns grow that the EU will end up with an unbalanced agreement that...
View ArticleEU pushes to ease tariff pain in trade deal with Trump
BRUSSELS — The outline of a trade deal between the EU and the U.S. is taking shape. It would contain a baseline 10 percent U.S. tariff, relief for specific industries and an “up-front” U.S. commitment...
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