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The newly-created Commissioner for Defence – former Lithuanian prime minister Andrius Kubilius – is soon to outline a strategy in a White Paper, and it is expected that it will focus on closer cooperation between Europe’s national defence giants. As Mario Draghi pointed out in his competitiveness report last year, almost two-thirds of Europe’s military equipment is US-made.

Trump hasn’t left NATO, instead he’s trashed it

No sooner had Donald Trump won re-election than his intemperate broadsides included the threat to withdraw the United States from NATO

He has emphasised his readiness to work with the US as a "backstop" to European efforts rather than as the primary contributor. This could interest Trump, who wants to reduce troop commitments abroad, especially in Europe, while claiming credit for big wins.

Keir Starmer: Cometh the hour cometh the man

Keir Starmer heads to Washington this week for a high-stakes meeting with Donald Trump

But for now, a major European grievance is that despite Western sanctions, Indian refineries have benefited from Russia’s reduced oil prices. New Delhi has helped turn Russian crude oil into diesel and gasoline for the global market – and with that, feed Moscow’s war machine.

Ursula von der Leyen dreams of a passage to India

Key obstacles to closer ties, however, are likely to be differing views on trade and New Delhi’s close ties with Moscow

For all the justified disdain at the AfD, it is important to remember that the party is really a product of Angela Merkel’s disastrous sequence of errors in the second half of her chancellorship.

Germany is Not “Lurching to the Right”

The hopes of Vance, Musk, Farage, Le Pen or Orbán that the pro-Putin AfD would win big in Germany have not been realized.

Ukraine’s accession to the roaming area is expected to be formally validated in early July by a Council decision approved during an EU Council of ministers in its Trade configuration.De facto however, Ukraine has been permitted access to the EU’s roaming area since the start of Russia’s attack on the whole of the country.

One more step for Ukraine’s EU accession to its roaming area

The discussion coincides with a broader show of support by the EU to Ukraine

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