Merz wouldn’t tell his kids to move to America anymore

“Right now my admiration is not increasing,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz says of America.

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Trump clashes with European allies over "US humiliation" remarks as transatlantic tensions rise following military action against Iran.

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Could influencers crash future EU summits?

Ukraine wants Europe more involved in peace efforts with Russia — but who exactly would represent Europe in those talks? After Vladimir Putin floated former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder as a …

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Finland’s Stubb tells Europe to ‘calm down’ over US troop pullback

“If Finland can defend itself, NATO can do it too,” the Finnish president said.

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1.000-Euro Prämie: Eine Chronik des Scheiterns

Es ist ein Lehrstück über Fehleinschätzungen im Kanzleramt. Der Bundesrat hat die geplante 1.000-Euro-Prämie knallhart scheitern lassen. Gordon Repinski analysiert, wie die Koalition den Ernst der …

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"The U.S. has spent billions to lose a war that enriches its oligarchs, impoverishes the citizenry, sabotages its alliances, and strengthens its enemies. Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power."
- Timothy Snyder

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Trump says he ‘might’ move US troops to Poland from Germany

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned that Warsaw should not “poach” troops from allies.

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Rubio backs NATO in Rome as US-Italy tensions simmer

The secretary of state’s meeting with Giorgia Meloni came amid rising tensions between Rome and Washington in recent weeks.

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Rubio resets US-Vatican relationship in meeting with Pope Leo XIV

The secretary of State managed to smooth things over with the Catholic leader following weeks of attacks from President Trump.

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Will Poland have more US troops? Or is the US retiring from both ”Old” and ”New” Europe? My interview with Poland’s state media TVP World on the history and future of transatlantic relations. All responses welcome. #nato #poland #transatlanticrelations youtu.be/MvkjTzmsELw?...

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Europe’s trust in the U.S. is unlikely to fully recover | Teivo Teivainen

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