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France could now prove the weak link in the Franco-German engine

France could now prove the weak link in the Franco-German engine

The relationship between the two countries may be more difficult to rebuild than the warm words between Merz and Macron suggest.

May 7, 2025 4:00 am CET
Will Merz spring Germany into action?
Germany Interpreted

Will Merz spring Germany into action?

May 6, 2025 4:01 am CET
Trump’s trade policy offers the EU an unexpected opportunity — if it can grab it
Trump returns to his happy place on stage as poll numbers sink
An ugly Ukraine deal was predictable — but this will merely pause Russia’s revanchism
MAGA vs. Pope Francis
Unpacked

MAGA vs. Pope Francis

April 25, 2025 4:01 am CET
Democratic backsliding in Europe holds lessons for America
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Al Gore compares Trump administration to Nazi Germany

The former vice president said the administration was “insisting on trying to create their own preferred version of reality.”

April 22, 2025 9:13 am CET
From Across the Pond

Trump may get a nuclear deal — on Iran’s terms

Given Tehran’s weakened state and Washington’s eagerness for a deal, success is possible. However, it’s more likely to resemble the 2015 one Trump abandoned.

April 21, 2025 4:00 am CET
Living Cities

Why Trump could be Europe’s accidental city-builder

Europe’s émigrés built America’s skylines, suburbs and strip malls. Will the U.S. brain drain do the same for the EU?

April 17, 2025 2:49 pm CET
Unpacked

Making excuses for Putin

The strike on Sumy wasn’t an error, aberration or mishap. It fits into Russia’s long-established tactics — and Washington knows that.

April 16, 2025 4:01 am CET

Europe’s NGOs fear Trump-style funding cuts are coming

The EU grants billions each year to nonprofits. Now, a right-wing campaign has NGOs afraid the money will dry up.

April 14, 2025 4:37 am CET
Unpacked

Voters are the only ones who could stop Trump’s tariff game

Overall prices and mortgage rates will inevitably rise because of the president’s tariff imposition. And when they do, maybe then his MAGA base will start to erode.

April 14, 2025 4:00 am CET

Trump’s deregulation agenda threatens global financial stability

The U.S. president’s return brings renewed promises of financial “liberation.” But behind the rhetoric lies a deeper threat — and it’s not just to the U.S. economy.

April 8, 2025 4:00 am CET

Trump is on a quest to poison global political culture

Europe is at a turning point, where it can choose to reassert the ideals once pledged by the EU and confront the authoritarian brew emanating from U.S. If not now, when?

April 7, 2025 4:00 am CET
Unpacked

How Trump cost America the world

Friend and foe alike will start piecing together a different global trade order that the U.S. might like a lot less than the one it trashed.

April 5, 2025 4:00 am CET

Security in Europe will mean sacrifices for citizens

Europeans must decide whether they’re willing to bear the costs of shaping their future, or risk having it shaped for them.

April 2, 2025 4:00 am CET
From Across the Pond

What Signalgate really tells us

Apparently, the U.S. military is for hire, even if there has been no request for its services. And if you want us — you have to pay.

March 28, 2025 4:00 am CET
Analysis

Ukraine’s phony peace has begun. Only Trump still believes it’s real.

Donald Trump’s talks with Vladimir Putin have paralyzed Ukraine’s allies in Europe. Nobody is ready for peace.

March 21, 2025 12:38 am CET
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No industry, no tanks: EU bets on more clean steel to secure its future

Saving and greening European steel mills is now a key part of the EU’s defence strategy.

March 20, 2025 4:34 am CET

‘You see?’ Russia broke Trump’s hyped partial Ukraine ceasefire after 1 hour

Moscow struck civilian infrastructure Tuesday night, prompting Ukraine to respond with counterattacks.

March 19, 2025 9:39 am CET
ANALYSIS

Putin plays for time, dazzling Trump with talk of glory days ahead 

Russia is delaying a full ceasefire in Ukraine. But that didn’t stop Trump and Putin planning hockey matches for the future.

March 18, 2025 8:58 pm CET

Establish an international tribunal for aggression against Ukraine before it’s too late

The special tribunal would be a powerful signal to strongmen everywhere that international justice can find ways to hold leaders accountable — no matter who they are.

March 18, 2025 4:00 am CET

How can Trump push Putin toward peace?

The United States-Ukraine plan for a temporary ceasefire has turned up the heat on Russian President Vladimir Putin. What are Donald Trump’s next moves if Putin either …

March 13, 2025 5:00 am CET

Trump’s Ukraine ceasefire plan: What we know so far 

Your questions answered about the proposed Russia-Ukraine truce agreed between Marco Rubio and Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s team in Saudi Arabia.

March 12, 2025 4:00 am CET

USAID official tells remaining staffers: Shred and burn all your documents

A senior official at USAID instructed the agency’s remaining staff to convene at the agency’s now-former headquarters in Washington on Tuesday for an “all day” group effort …

March 11, 2025 9:32 pm CET

Trump and Putin gang up on European centrists in Romania’s election crisis

Elon Musk slams Romanian authorities for banning far-right frontrunner Călin Georgescu. It’s another win for the Kremlin.

March 10, 2025 9:25 am CET
Unpacked

Trump says Ukraine doesn’t hold any cards — he’s the one snatching them

The U.S. president has single-handedly pushed Kyiv into its most perilous time since Russia’s all-out invasion began.

March 10, 2025 4:00 am CET

Russian strikes on Ukraine leave at least 20 dead

“This is what happens when someone appeases barbarians,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said after the latest Russian attacks.

March 8, 2025 1:46 pm CET
ANALYSIS

The EU is doing exactly what Trump wants. He still doesn’t care.

As desperate European leaders beg the U.S. president to let them join peace talks, is he even listening?

March 7, 2025 12:40 am CET

Trump trade war could have ‘substantial’ impact on UK, says Bank of England boss

Andrew Bailey tells MPs it would be a “very damaging thing for the world” if U.S. president pulls out of World Bank and International Monetary Fund too.

March 5, 2025 5:20 pm CET
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