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The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to significantly loosen the country’s constitutional restriction on borrowing, enabling 1 trillion euros ($1.08 trillion) or more in new borrowing and spending on defense and infrastructure

European Union leaders plan to hold emergency talks to agree ways to quickly increase their military budgets after the Trump administration signaled Europe must take care of its own security and also suspended assistance to Ukraine

Following Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky’s already infamous row in the Oval Office, transatlantic relations are taking a nosedive. In the days following the meeting, Trump has cut all military aid to Ukraine, leaving Europe to face the prospect of similar treatment in the near future.

We need a ‘coalition of the willing’ capable of bringing together those in Europe and the global south. Britain should facilitate that, says former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell