US recycling ‘old, unsafe equipment’ for Ukraine
A large share of US military aid for Ukraine is not only old but in some cases dangerous for soldiers to use, a conference heard last week.
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Six months in: ‘Trump is not ignoring the EU this time’
Six months into US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the tone and structure of transatlantic relations have shifted again.
Defence now: Europe learns intentions require capabilities
The spectacular raid on Fordow nuclear complex showed Europe the limits of multilateral diplomacy when confronted with irreconcilable demands.
International law had its era, but for now it seems over
The 19th-century British philosopher Jeremy Bentham famously dismissed the idea of universal human rights as "Nonsense on stilts.
France: stagnation or worse
France, once the steady top performer of the eurozone, has fallen behind.
EU’s defence chemicals shortage ‘exposes further dependency on China’
Europe's shifting ties with Asia have aggravated its growing defence production crisis, as shortages of key chemical inputs including nitrocellulose threaten to…
EU position on Iran-Israel war excludes regime change
The European Union insisted diplomacy, not regime change, was its only strategy for dealing with Iran, even while Washington signalled it wanted Tehran to surrender.
Macron ‘misusing the EU to advance own foreign policy’
French President Emmanuel Macron is facing criticism in Brussels and beyond for repeatedly speaking in the name of the European Union to advance what opponents call…
Polish president-elect opposes Ukraine’s proposed EU membership
Poland’s president-elect Karol Nawrocki has voiced opposition to Ukraine’s proposed accession to the European Union in his first interview with foreign media…
‘Economic liberalism no longer working,’ international officials warn
Japan’s economy minister Minoru Kiuchi has warned that the risks of economic liberalism now rivalled its benefits as a growing number of governments have been…
European Parliament ECR group is ‘war-minded’ says ejected MEP Kartheiser
Ferdinand Kartheiser, an MEP from Luxembourg, has been booted out of what he says is the "war-minded" the European Conservatives and Reformist (ECR) Group in the…
Ireland defends nothing, its unarmed neutrality is ‘balderdash’
Ireland is an anomaly inside an absurdity wrapped in an incongruity.
‘Green investing rules could be legally exploited to weaken EU firms,’ report warns
Hostile foreign powers no longer need hackers or armies to target the European Union — they can now do it with investment portfolios, shareholder votes and sustainability…
EU pours money into Pakistan and enables authoritarianism
The EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) is a golden ticket. It offers developing nations duty-free access to European markets. The catch?
EU is ‘losing the information war with Russia’
Europe's military strategy towards Russia is "ludicrous", a war studies academic told Brussels Signal.
Following Trump, EU foreign ministers to lift all economic sanctions against Syria
The European Union will soon lift all its remaining economic sanctions against Syria, according to reports by AFP and Bloomberg.
How a Simion presidency can reboot Romanian statecraft
It may be too early to tell whether George Simion is a man of destiny, even if he does win the Romanian presidency this Sunday.
Former EU bigwig Michel picks up new gig at leading Chinese business school
The appointment of former President of the European Council Charles Michel as Distinguished Professor at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS),…
Serbia ‘still on path to join EU’ despite Moscow trip
The European Council's president António Costa has taken a soft stance toward Serbia’s populist leader, Aleksandar Vučić—even after Vučić stood beside Vladimir…
‘Peace project’ bank EIB now funding war drones
The European Investment Bank (EIB) was now for the first time funding “purely military projects”, said its president May 12.
Cocaine claims are ‘Fake news by enemies’, blasts an angry Paris
A viral video accusing French President Emmanuel Macron of hiding a cocaine pouch during a visit to Ukraine was "fake news being spread by France’s enemies", said…
Critics cry foul as Von der Leyen claims EU is ‘still a peace project’
The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has stressed that the European Union remained a "peace project" amid commemorations of the end of the…
80 years after victory over the Nazis, Europe’s Russophobia stares into a new abyss
Eighty ago, the Nazi beast was slain - May 8th for the West, May 9th for Russia. Berlin lay in ruins, Europe a graveyard of dreams, and the world exhaled.
Lithuania knows how to have a backbone against China, the EU should take note
It is not every day that a country stands up to the People’s Republic of China, particularly one as small as Lithuania.
Deforestation rules hamper EU efforts to strike free-trade deal with Malaysia
Trade negotiations between the EU and Malaysia, home to five types of strategic minerals essential for Europe’s high-tech sector, are stumbling over the bloc’s…
Calm down: the ‘geopolitical crisis’ narrative is overblown
It has become cliché to say that the advent of the second Trump administration has thrown the world into chaos.
EU is no match for China or US, Europe can only play for time
In hindsight, what makes the 1990s appear to be worthy of nostalgia is the fact that almost everything ran on autopilot.
Trump will deal with European countries as sovereign nations, not as part of the EU
The transatlantic relationship, long a cornerstone of global stability, is undergoing a profound shift.
EU chiefs use controversial Signal app but will not reveal what is said
European top officials use the Signal app to send messages to each other, the European Union diplomatic service has admitted.
European leadership was once strong and admired, but no longer
Europe was accustomed for so long to an alliance with the United States where the contributions and benefits were so uneven in Europe's favour that the Europeans…