The UK is mulling an alternative strategy to its allies that could lead to a surge of imports of Chinese EVs ..read more

Monarchies endure while repeated scandals trigger embarrassment for top politicians ..read more

Norway's foreign minister called the move "an extreme act ..read more

As the U.K. and the EU enter a new era, their relationship is likely to gradually become more Swiss ..read more

NATO countries have begun transferring American-made F-16s to Ukraine, with hopes that the fighter jets will quickly be in the skies to help Kyiv defend itself against Russian air onslaughts. The U.S., Denmark and the Netherlands announced during the NATO Summit in Washington on Wednesday that the two latter countries had sent over the aircraft, though they did not say how many. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken also mentioned the news during a public forum. “Those jets will be flying in the skies of Ukraine this summer to make sure that Ukraine can continue to effectively defend itself a ..read more

In the 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has swerved from one existential crisis to another. Here we go again. What’s an old Cold War-era defensive military alliance for anyway when the old Cold War is over? Like a shark, NATO has kept moving to avoid death. It intervened in the Balkan wars of the 1990s. It took in a dozen new members from the dead Soviet bloc. It went further “out of area” post-9/11 in Iraq and Afghanistan. It pivoted to cyber and other new age threats. The current crisis is different. Gathering this week in Washington for a big 75th ..read more

In Brussels, NATO officials have devised a plan to lock in long-term military support for Ukraine so that a possible Trump administration can’t get in the way. In Ankara, Turkish officials have reviewed the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 policy road map for clues into Donald Trump’s designs on Syria. In Atlanta, Austin and Lincoln, Nebraska, top ministers from Germany and Canada have met with Republican governors to shore up relations on the American right. And in Washington, Trump’s return is the dominant topic at monthly breakfast meetings of ambassadors from European countries ..read more

Private clinics are too quick to prescribe diabetes and obesity drugs for “cosmetic” reasons, the European Medicines Agency has warned, as it sounded the alarm on chronic shortages. The regulator also suggested that doctors should not prescribe these medicines outside of their licenses to treat people with these two diseases, while stocks are low. Doctors can judge whether “off-label” prescribing is necessary to treat their patients, but when it comes to these hotly demanded medicines, the EMA is asking doctors to stick to the licenses. Ever since Novo Nordisk published data showing significan ..read more

BRUSSELS — A record 23 NATO countries out of 32 are hitting the alliance’s 2 percent defense spending target, according to the latest NATO statistics released late Monday. Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Turkey are among those that reached the 2 percent figure for the first time. “Across Europe and Canada, NATO allies are, this year, increasing defense spending by 18 percent,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said standing next to U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House on Monday. “That’s the biggest increase in decades.” The fact 23 countries meet the target — which was set 10 ..read more

BERLIN — They’re back. Like clockwork, the European Parliament’s devotees come out of the woodwork in droves every five years, inveigling the rest of us to send people we’ve never heard of to a body whose raison d’être few citizens could explain without a heavy assist from Wikipedia. “Vote in the European election!” read a homemade banner that pro-European activists hoisted above one of Berlin’s busiest thoroughfares last week. “The far right is on the rise. Democracy is at stake!” No it isn’t. In fact, European democracy might be better served by not voting and putting an end to the ..read more