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Macron and Merkel urge peaceful solutions to Ukraine crisis
Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel urged both sides in the ongoing fighting in Eastern Ukraine Saturday to “live up to their responsibilities” and “implement as quickly as possible” agreements to reduce conflict in the region. The joint statement from the German chancellor and French president came in light of “the recent sharp increase in the...
Macron and Merkel urge peaceful solutions to Ukraine crisis
Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel urged both sides in the ongoing fighting in Eastern Ukraine Saturday to “live up to their responsibilities” and “implement as quickly as possible” agreements to reduce conflict in the region. The joint statement from the German chancellor and French president came in light of “the recent sharp increase in the...
Trump, Putin and the new Cold War
When President Trump met Angela Merkel last March for the first time, the German chancellor had Russia on her mind. Allegations about the Russian intervention on Trump’s behalf in the U.S. presidential election were swirling around Washington — and Trump had done nothing to allay the concerns of Russia’s neighbors that he planned to...
EU Confidential Episode 27, presented by Raytheon: 2017 review & NATO’s Jamie Shea
Episode 27 of POLITICO’s EU Confidential podcast has just been released, featuring a review of the year from POLITICO reporters and an interview with NATO’s Deputy Assistant Secretary General Jamie Shea, a Brussels veteran of almost 40 years. With regular host Ryan Heath on holiday, news editor Andrew Gray talks to Shea about the...
EU Confidential Episode 27, presented by Raytheon: 2017 review & NATO’s Jamie Shea
Episode 27 of POLITICO’s EU Confidential podcast has just been released, featuring a review of the year from POLITICO reporters and an interview with NATO’s Deputy Assistant Secretary General Jamie Shea, a Brussels veteran of almost 40 years. With regular host Ryan Heath on holiday, news editor Andrew Gray talks to Shea about the...
Trump’s strategy speech sends mixed signals on Russia
U.S. President Donald Trump’s official new national security strategy warns in blunt language that Russia is a dangerous global competitor that seeks to undermine the U.S. at home and abroad. But midway through his Monday speech unveiling the 55-page document, Trump seemed to contradict that message, saying the U.S. would work to “build a...
Trump’s strategy speech sends mixed signals on Russia
U.S. President Donald Trump’s official new national security strategy warns in blunt language that Russia is a dangerous global competitor that seeks to undermine the U.S. at home and abroad. But midway through his Monday speech unveiling the 55-page document, Trump seemed to contradict that message, saying the U.S. would work to “build a...
Ex-Georgian president freed from detention in Ukraine
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was freed from detention in Ukraine on Monday, after a judge rejected prosecutors’ request to put him under house arrest. “The prosecutors’ petition … is dismissed,” judge Larysa Tsokol told the court, Reuters reported. During the eight-hour hearing, hundreds of Saakashvili’s...
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[Ticker] EU leaders roll over Russia sanctions
EU leaders agreed on Thursday to renew sanctions against Russia for six months. The sanctions were introduced in 2014 over the annexation of Crimea and the Russian intervention in eastern Ukraine. They include economic sanctions on sectors like banks, the arms trade and sensitives technologies, as well as freezing of assets and travel bans for...
Europe faces defense spending challenge
BERLIN — Goaded by Donald Trump, scared by Russia and eager to give fresh impetus to integration, Europe is gearing up to spend big on defense. The challenge the Continent now faces, according to politicians, industry leaders and experts, is to spend wisely. To get value for money and armed forces that truly increase their security, governments...
