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Von der Leyen vows to stop China from invading Taiwan
The US warned of Beijing’s readiness to invade by 2027, which would be during the five-year mandate the Commission president is seeking.
The Olympics have always been political
Making the Olympics cheap again
Inside the UN’s AI policy grab
Charles Michel tells Viktor Orbán he has ‘no role’ representing the EU on the world stage
Germany’s Scholz set for rare meeting with Serbia’s isolated Vučić to finalize lithium deal
Trump adviser Fiona Hill to lead UK defense review
MEPs call to strip Hungary’s EU voting rights amid Orbán’s ‘peace missions’
The letter is the latest attempt to rein in Budapest’s rogue Council presidency.
Trump’s VP pick spells ‘disaster’ for Europe and Ukraine
Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance champions U.S. isolationism and opposes aid for Ukraine.
New Dutch government’s top NATO priority: Act normal
Support for Ukraine and maintaining a presence in Taiwan Strait will continue, new Dutch defense minister tells POLITICO.
EU opens new front with China over car chips
Officials are concerned subsidized Chinese firms are going after the bloc’s champions.
What Washington thinks of Keir Starmer
After years of Conservative turmoil, the new British prime minister has been welcomed by Democrats and Republicans alike.
The never-ending job of depriving Putin of the means to kill Ukrainians
Vietnam and Malaysia are the next destinations on EU envoy David O’Sullivan’s mission to stop Russia from beating EU sanctions.
Trump’s ‘going to solve’ Russia-Ukraine war, says Orbán
Peaceniks unite at Mar-a-Lago summit in Florida.
Viktor Orbán’s rogue “peace missions” to Kyiv, Moscow, Beijing and Washington
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Biden at his press conference: See, I’m up to the job
The president tried to calm his party as calls to step aside intensified.
Britain finally has a female chancellor. It only took 800 years.
Meet Rachel Reeves: the chess-playing former banker who needs to get the U.K. economy rolling.
Draghi’s EU competitiveness plan set to be delayed until September
Von der Leyen likely won’t have time to focus on Mario Draghi’s report until after the summer as she’s so focused on winning her second term.
Stoltenberg bashes China for creeping closer to NATO
The Chinese-Belarusian anti-terrorism exercises, conducted not far from the border with NATO ally Poland, coincide with the NATO summit.
Ukraine wins big, NATO wins smaller — and everyone was sweaty
Over the course of three days, the 32-member military alliance rallied around Ukraine’s war efforts to combat the Russian invasion.
2 percent on defense? That is so last year.
One of the NATO Summit’s biggest guessing games this week: What should members spend on defense?
Germany goes soft on China, dragging out Huawei ban until 2029
Berlin’s Western partners will be pleased it is cutting ties with the Chinese 5G equipment maker, even if the terms of the deal suggest a capitulation.
NATO backs Ukraine’s ‘irreversible path’, names China a ‘decisive enabler’ in Russia’s war
The draft summit statement says allies will never recognize Russia’s annexations of parts of Ukraine and denounces China’s partnership with Moscow.
UK’s Starmer must boost defense spending by 2030, former army head says
Patrick Sanders urges the new British prime minister to commit to a timeframe to hit 2.5 percent of GDP — and to go even further.
Isolated, Hungary calls for open competition with Chinese electric cars
Only seven ministers and no commissioner attended the first gathering of Budapest’s six-month presidency of the Council of the EU.
The world’s most successful military alliance. If you can keep it.
Trump or not in the White House, NATO has to embrace some hard realities to survive another five — much less 75 — years.
Viktor Orbán goes rogue
Brussels now plotting to restrain self-declared president of Europe.