European Defense
Germany: Political renewals
Berlin Bulletin No. 234
May 19 2025
Victor Grossman, Berlin
Germany, long a synonym for economic brawn and muscle, is beginning to recall words like lumbago...
Réarmement, crise structurelle et pensions
Par Eduardo Luque
2 mai 2025
L'heure est au réarmement. Et pour les gouvernements européens manifestement assoiffés de guerre, quand on aime, on ne compte pas!...
France says ‘non’ to loosening rules for arms exports in Europe
The shift would effectively strip France of its right to know where critical components end up.
by Aurélie Pugnet
Apr 25, 2025
Paris has raised its voice...
Greek MEP Challenges EU’s Stance on Turkey in Closed-Door Briefing
Apr 2, 2025
MEP Maniatis pressed Kallas on why neither she nor the Commission had reacted to Turkey’s obstruction of research efforts concerning the Great...
Spanish deputy PM’s party calls for cancellation of Israeli arms order
Sam Jones in Madrid
Apr 23,2025
Leftwing party says €6.6m order for bullets from Israeli firm breaches coalition government agreements
The leftwing junior partners in Spain’s socialist-led...
James Galbraith on tariffs, Europe and China
Interview to Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
What are the aims of Trump’s “tariff storm” and his other policies? What results will they yield? What will happen to...
Pour Sophie Binet, la CGT doit rallier l’union sacrée !
Jean-Pierre PAGE*
Apr. 12, 2025
Au détriment de son identité et de son histoire, la direction de la CGT n’en finit pas d’exorciser son passé.
Ce contexte...
NATO chief urges EU leaders to strengthen ties with Türkiye
Mar 12, 2025
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, in informal discussions, urged European Union leaders to strengthen ties with Türkiye, which is also a member...
EU faces billion-euro dilemma over Turkey crisis
Ankara is too important an ally to alienate, no matter what happens on the streets of Istanbul, politicians and officials tell POLITICO.
By Gabriel Gavin,...
Who is opposing peace in Ukraine?
As Trump reshapes U.S. policy on Ukraine, Zelensky faces mounting pressure, exposing the West’s contradictions in prolonging the war.
By Dmitri Kovalevich
Mar. 20, 2025
March...