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Trump considers moving US troops from Germany to Eastern Europe in NATO spending row

Trump is reportedly considering moving the personnel to Hungary

Evening Standard · Mar 8, 2025

European leaders agree defence ramp-up to support Ukraine – but Hungary continues to block progress

Leaders of the 27 EU countries have agreed in principle to a massive increase in defence spending at a summit that was hastily organised in the wake of Donald Trump’s withdrawal of support for Ukraine.

The Conversation · Mar 7, 2025

‘Watershed moment’: EU leaders agree plan for huge rise in defence spending

Leaders endorse Ursula von der Leyen proposal as French president calls Vladimir Putin ‘an imperialist who seeks to rewrite history’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2025

Orbán problem pushes EU towards ‘coalitions of the willing’ on Ukraine

As crisis talks loom, Trump and the bloc’s own populist spoilers have driven it away from its old quest for unanimity

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2025

‘Free world needs a new leader’, says EU foreign chief after Trump Zelenskyy row

The EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said ‘the free world needs a new leader’ and that it was up to Europeans to take this challenge

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2025

Elon Musk congratulates AfD’s Alice Weidel on far-right gains in German election

Far-right party co-leader says billionaire called her personally after it came second in Sunday’s poll

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025

Trump administration eliminating 2,000 USAid positions in US, notice says

All but handful of agency’s personnel around world to be placed on paid leave, according to notice sent to workers

The Guardian - US · Feb 24, 2025

Culture wars: Trump’s takeover of arts is straight from the dictator playbook

US president’s attempt to control or dismantle cultural institutions plays into a long history of authoritarians using arts to push their agenda

The Guardian - US · Feb 22, 2025

LGBTQ+ community in Germany rally against rise of far right ahead of elections

Community grapples with fear over ‘proliferation and normalisation of anti-queer and anti-trans sentiment in politics and the media’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2025

Trust in politics is in long-term decline around the world – new research

Citizens’ trust in their political institutions has been falling around the world. This may not come as a shock to many.

The Conversation · Feb 19, 2025