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Macron takes on Orbán in bid to avoid disastrous Ukraine summit
The EU is in panic mode, a week before a key summit where it will discuss major decisions for the future of Ukraine. The reason is by now a familiar one: Viktor Orbán. The Hungarian prime minister has...
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United opposition poses stern test for Vučić in Serbia’s election
BELGRADE — Serbian firebrand President Aleksandar Vučić’s penchant for perpetually calling elections looks liable to come back and bite him, as a united opposition is mounting an unexpectedly stern...
View ArticleCameron and Baerbock call for ‘sustainable cease-fire’ in Gaza
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Sunday called for a “sustainable cease-fire” in the Middle East, lamenting that “too many civilians have been...
View ArticleIsraeli attacks in Gaza intensify as international pressure for a truce mounts
Israel stepped up its military offensive in Gaza on Sunday even as international pressure increased to find a peaceful solution to the conflict with the Hamas militant group. Hamas-run local...
View ArticleIsrael’s ‘killing rage’ hurting global support, warns ex-UK defense chief Ben...
LONDON — Israel’s “crude and indiscriminate” method of attack in the Israel-Hamas war risks fueling decades of conflict in the Middle East, the U.K.’s former Defense Secretary Ben Wallace warned. In...
View ArticleGermany drops block to Eurofighter jet sale to Saudi Arabia
BERLIN — Germany’s decision allow the sale of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to Saudi Arabia is due to the changed situation following the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel as well as Saudi Arabia’s...
View ArticleGermany holds its nose, paving the way for future jet fighter sale to Saudi...
BERLIN — The German government U-turned on its policy of blocking the sale of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to Saudi Arabia over the Gulf kingdom’s human rights record — but it still has qualms...
View ArticleGerman FM: Suffering of Palestinians ‘cannot go on’
The suffering of Palestinian civilians “cannot go on,” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned Tuesday during a visit to Cairo, urging more concrete measures to deliver humanitarian aid to...
View ArticleA big Chinese delegation unnerves US diplomats in Davos
DAVOS, Switzerland — U.S. diplomats have been so worried about the size and intent of a Chinese delegation in Switzerland this week that they’re trying to arrange a meeting between Secretary of State...
View ArticleGerman liberal tail wags EU dog — again
Germany’s liberals have done it again. After causing uproar in Brussels with a last-minute veto on phasing out combustion engines last year, the smallest party in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party...
View ArticleBiden ramps up pressure on Netanyahu over plans for Rafah attack
President Joe Biden on Sunday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel’s planned ground invasion in Rafah “should not proceed” without a plan to ensure the safety of the more than 1...
View ArticleOnly military might will win Europe respect, Poland’s Tusk tells fellow leaders
PARIS — The European Union will only be taken seriously if it becomes a serious military power, Polish PM Donald Tusk told his German counterpart Olaf Scholz on Monday evening. The Polish leader, in...
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Is Germany’s support for Israel’s military campaign in Gaza wavering?
JERUSALEM — German leaders declare Israel’s security to be a raison d’etre for the German republic — or, as they call it, a “Staatsräson.” As German Chancellor Olaf Scholz put it during a visit to...
View ArticleEU’s top diplomat warns Israel can’t defeat Hamas by military means
MUNICH — EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said Israel needs a political, not a military, solution to the conflict with Palestinians. He said conversations about peace in the Middle East have...
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Sunak snubs Scholz: The UK leader’s giving Berlin a wide berth
LONDON — When a new British prime minister comes to office, a trip to meet and greet senior politicians in Berlin is usually close to the top of the list of international priorities. But Rishi Sunak’s...
View ArticleRussian drone drives German foreign minister out of Ukraine waterworks visit
BERLIN — Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock had to flee from Mykolayiv in the south of Ukraine on Sunday because a Russian reconnaissance drone was hovering nearby. Baerbock’s visit to a...
View ArticleBaerbock urges German coalition to ‘intensively consider’ Taurus deliveries...
PODGORICA, Montenegro — German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Monday called on her government to “intensively consider” potential deliveries of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, stressing that...
View ArticleDon’t frustrate Bosnia and Herzegovina on EU accession, foreign minister warns
SARAJEVO — EU leaders should open membership talks with Bosnia and Herzegovina later this month to support the country’s European ambitions and avoid “further frustration,” Foreign Minister Elmedin...
View ArticleUK to Germany: Sending Taurus missiles won’t escalate Ukraine war
Supplying Taurus missiles to Ukraine won’t ramp up the country’s conflict with Russia, Britain’s foreign secretary insisted Thursday, amid an intense debate in Germany about whether to send Kyiv the...
View ArticleNetanyahu vows to defy Biden’s ‘red line’ on Rafah
Paul Ronzheimer is the deputy editor-in-chief of BILD and a senior journalist reporting for Axel Springer, the parent company of POLITICO. TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he...
View ArticleNetanyahu denies Palestinians are starving
Paul Ronzheimer is the deputy editor-in-chief of BILD and a senior journalist reporting for Axel Springer, the parent company of POLITICO. TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has...
View ArticleVatican backtracks after pope’s Ukraine ‘white flag’ blunder
Days after Pope Francis called for Ukraine to wave a “white flag” and negotiate an end to the war with Russia, the Vatican on Tuesday backtracked and urged Moscow to first halt its “unjust” invasion....
View ArticleGermany’s Scholz says sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine is ‘out of the...
Chancellor Olaf Scholz insisted on Wednesday it would be “irresponsible” to send Germany’s Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine. He told the Bundestag that the only way to deliver the missiles would be...
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Putin revels in German coalition rift over Ukraine aid
Partisan infighting within Germany’s three-party ruling coalition is hardly novel, but rarely have the rifts been so open — and rarely have the stakes for Europe been higher. The major point of...
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Top Zelenskyy adviser condemns EU protectionism
KYIV — Two years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv’s Western allies are still trying to have it both ways even as Moscow settles in for a long, attritional war, Mykhailo Podolyak, a top adviser...
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Germany, France and Poland: This moment may define our children’s future
Annalena Baerbock is the federal minister for foreign affairs of Germany. Stéphane Séjourné is the minister of Europe and foreign of affairs of France. Radosław Sikorski is the minister of foreign...
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NATO ministers’ doubts, fears and eye-rolls over €100B Ukraine plan
BRUSSELS — NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg wants a revolution in how the alliance finances and arms Ukraine, but his plan drew a mixed response from NATO foreign ministers on Wednesday. The...
View ArticleGermany slaps down Nicaragua’s charge it facilitates ‘genocide’ in Gaza
Germany has rejected Nicaragua’s accusations that it is enabling a “genocide” by Israel in the Gaza Strip. “They have no basis in fact or law,” top German official Tania von Uslar-Gleichen said in The...
View ArticleNATO’s Stoltenberg asks allies to give air defense systems to Ukraine
BRUSSELS — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday called on allies to beef up Ukraine’s air defense, amid intensifying Russian attacks. Stoltenberg spoke as Germany is making plans to...
View ArticleRelieved by US progress on Ukraine aid, Europe grapples with its own support...
BRUSSELS — European leaders praised the passage of a $60.8 billion Ukraine aid package by the U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday, but some warned that more support is urgently needed from...
View ArticleGermany targets air defense ramp-up as Berlin corrals allies behind Ukraine
BERLIN — The German government says it’s already in talks with countries over fresh air defense pledges for Ukraine, as Berlin mulls bolstering its own stocks of U.S.-made Patriot missile systems....
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