Opinion | Can Europe survive its crippling paralysis?
By any measure, 2025 will be remembered as a tipping point. Violent armed conflict escalated in many areas,…
Friedrich Merz puts Germany in an unfamiliar position: Out front – POLITICO
Ahead of a key meeting of European leaders on Thursday, Merz is depicting the looming decision on whether…
Europe’s center isn’t holding anymore – POLITICO
In Britain, just a month after Starmer’s victory last year, riots broke out across the country, fueled by…
Merkel says it’s ‘fake news’ she blamed Poland, Baltics for Russia’s war on Ukraine – POLITICO
Asked whether she meant to blame the outbreak of the war on Poland or the Baltic states, Merkel…
Can Merz-Erdogan talks reset tricky Germany-Turkey ties?
Germany and Turkey have shared a politically tense relationship for years — almost as if by tradition. What…
EU leaders accused of crimes against humanity over migration deal with Libya
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The European Union’s cooperation on migration with the fractured North African nation of Libya…
How Nord Stream 2 has blown up Europe
Europe’s unity is cracking at its eastern edge, where a relationship once central to the EU’s postwar stability…
Angela Merkel’s non-apology tour – POLITICO
But it appears to be too difficult for Merkel — once lauded as the “chancellor of the free…
Merkel blasted by Baltics, Poland for suggesting they share blame for Russia’s Ukraine invasion – POLITICO
“In June 2021, I felt that Putin was no longer taking the Minsk agreement seriously,” Merkel said, referring…
Angela Merkel’s legacy under scrutiny in a Germany gripped by distrust and a rising far-right – The Irish Times
Like Edith Piaf, Angela Merkel regrets nothing. That is how the ex-chancellor views Germany’s refugee and asylum crisis.…