5 things to watch as Trump heads to NATO summit

President Trump will arrive in Brussels on Tuesday night with an eye toward pushing allied members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to boost their defense budgets. Despite Trump’s push, the heads-of-state confab risks being overshadowed by growing tensions between the U.S. … Read More

Britain signs up to Macron military pact

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THE Ministry of Defense has signed up to a new European military force. UK’s Ministry of Defense has signed up for EU military force – GETTY The European Intervention Initiative was formally launched yesterday at a ceremony in Luxembourg after … Read More

Open borders policy could spell end for Angela Merkel in Germany

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, June 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s momentous decision three years ago to open her nation’s borders to … Read More

Germany’s political crisis is about the future of Europe

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Can you say “No” to a German chancellor when all she is asking you for is 14 days? There is one man who did. Horst Seehofer, interior minister and chairman of the Christian Social Union, the Bavarian sister party of … Read More

Disputed policies on migrants are the top threat to EU unity

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This June 12, 2018 photo released Wednesday, June 13, 2018 by French NGO “SOS Mediterranee” shows migrants being transferred from the Aquarius ship to Italian Coast Guard boats, in the Mediterranean Sea. Italy dispatched two ships Tuesday to help take … Read More

Trump says Russia should be reinstated in group of leading industrialized nations

Quebec City (CNN)President Donald Trump said Friday that Russia should be reinstated to a leading group of industrialized nations ahead of his visit to the G7 summit this weekend. Trump’s statement is an extraordinary break from key US allies, and … Read More

Merkel lays out her vision for the euro — but her ideas are still far from Macron’s

The German chancellor’s comments came a few weeks ahead of a key EU summit, where many leaders, especially French President Emmanuel Macron, want to sign-off on specific policies to upgrade the euro zone. Aurelien Meunier | Getty Images French President … Read More

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