A recent discussion paper floated by the Danish presidency of the Council of the EU, seen by POLITICO, explored whether capitals would be open to imposing tariffs on Moscow as part of the bloc’s 19th sanctions package. That idea, according to several diplomats briefed on the talks, won little traction among ministers when it was…
The European Union’s most powerful official has warned that Europe is battling against a series of threats posed by Russia, new global trade challenges and even other major world powers and must stake a claim to its independence. In a state of the union speech, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced new measures…
This became apparent after the nonreciprocal concessions made to U.S. President Donald Trump on defense spending and trade, as well as Europe’s acceptance of a junior role in handling the war in Ukraine. Moreover, from Gaza to Nagorno-Karabakh, the EU’s involvement in conflicts abroad has become largely irrelevant, either due to its lack of credible…
President Trump has threatened to initiate Section 301 proceedings against the European Union (EU), potentially leading to new tariffs, as the bloc fined Google $3.5 billion after concluding the tech giant had breached its competition rules with its advertising technology. Newsweek contacted Google and the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, for comment on Saturday…
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) -Russia has no plans to discuss any potential foreign military deployment in Ukraine in any format, calling it “unacceptable”, foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Thursday. She was commenting on remarks by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on plans to send European troops to Ukraine, a move, which…
The surprisingly candid comments contradict the stance of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who has insisted the unbalanced pact, which set a 15 percent base tariff on European exports, had nothing to do with maintaining U.S. President Donald Trump’s support for Ukraine. “There is no linkage between the two,” von der Leyen said during…
Six European leaders joined Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a briefing after Donald Trump’s recent summit with Vladimir Putin Compiled by Michael Williams Main image: Donald Trump receives Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House almost six months after their disastrous previous meeting there. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Mon 18 Aug 2025 23.36 BST Last modified on Mon 18…
According to Zelenskyy, Russia has failed to conquer the Donetsk region of Eastern Ukraine, which Moscow has pushed to control since 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin “has been unable to take it for 12 years, and the constitution of Ukraine makes it impossible … to give up territory or trade land,” Zelenskyy said. The New…
“At the request of President Zelenskyy, I will join the meeting with President Trump and other European leaders in the White House tomorrow,” von der Leyen said in a statement, prior to receiving the Ukrainian leader in Brussels for a virtual summit of the Coalition of the Willing, the informal grouping of European countries pushing…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that he plans to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington next week after Trump’s summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin ended without an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. Zelenskyy said he held a “long and substantive” conversation with Trump on Saturday after the…