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BRUSSELS – Britain and France said they planned to speed up military planning for a European “support force” to help stop the fire in Ukraine, but a lack of U.S. backing is making progress difficult. The French and British defence…
BERLIN – Germany’s next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said he would travel to Paris and Warsaw as soon as possible and coordinate closely with both capitals to counter Donald Trump. In an interview with German tabloid Bild published on Sunday, Merz…
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Germany’s Christian Democrats and Social Democrats are ready to begin formal coalition talks after preliminary talks concluded positively. Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz, who won Germany’s federal elections last month, told reporters on Saturday that preliminary talks on…
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk dispelled the reports that he is going to run in next year’s presidential election, stating he is not suited for the role and would be unlikely to win. Andrzej Duda, nominated twice by the conservative…
Hungary is teetering on the brink of full-blown autocracy, while Slovakia is experiencing a populist turn, though it remains doubtful that a single government can inflict the kind of institutional damage seen in Hungary, said Péter Krekó, director of the…