Trump looms over EU-Canada summit
When the EU and Canada meet for talks this week, their encounter will be calm, pleasant and even, in the words of one EU diplomat, “just plain boring.”…
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Europe’s eastern half claps back at Macron: We need the US
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Stop driving Europe away from the United States, dismayed central and eastern European officials fumed on Tuesday…
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Sanctions on China loom large as von der Leyen to meet Biden in US
BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Washington next week, with China’s potential supply of weapons to Russia expected to be high on…
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What happens to Europe when the balloon goes up?
BERLIN — The saga of the Chinese spy balloon has plunged relations between Washington and Beijing into fresh crisis. For European governments, that spells all kinds of trouble.…
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Germany’s strategic timidity
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BERLIN — News this month that the number of German soldiers declaring themselves conscientious objectors rose fivefold…
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US NATO ambassador ‘not worried’ for the alliance if Trump returns
The U.S. ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Julianne Smith, said she was “not worried” about former President Donald Trump’s possible return to the White House. “The…
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Bitter friends: Inside the summit aiming to heal EU-US trade rift
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The transatlantic reset between Brussels and Washington is on life support. After four years of discord and…
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Biden keeps ignoring Europe. It’s time EU leaders got the message
Former United States President Donald Trump was a useful bogeyman for Europe. His successor, Joe Biden, is proving much trickier — a friend who says all the right…
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Scholz and Macron threaten trade retaliation against Biden
Press play to listen to this article BERLIN/PARIS — After publicly falling out, Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron have found something they agree on: mounting alarm over unfair…
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Emmanuel Macron calls for ‘Buy European Act’ to protect regional carmakers
PARIS — Emmanuel Macron called for a “Buy European Act” on Wednesday to protect carmakers on the Continent in the face of competition from China and in response…
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