When President Trump arrives in France on Monday just hours after taking in a series of cage fights outside the White House, U.S. allies will watch to see whether he approaches the annual Group of 7 summit there as an opportunity for collaboration or yet another brawl. Mr. Trump’s positions on trade, the war in…
Europeans, adrift between Russia and the United States, are in a persistent state of anxiety — about the war in Ukraine, hostility from President Trump, threats from Moscow and their own weak economies, worsened by the impact of the war in Iran. The Russian drone that hit a Romanian apartment building on Friday morning, wounding…
As Donald Trump’s second term has become overshadowed by plunging poll ratings and an illegal, ill-advised war in the Middle East, European governments have regularly been singled out to bear the brunt of the US president’s growing frustration. Sir Keir Starmer’s refusal to militarily back the attack on Iran led to unfavourable comparisons to both…
As President Trump fired off a series of social media posts criticizing Germany this past week, including a threat to pull some American troops from the country, German leaders showed no public signs that they believed the president was serious. That now appears to have been a miscalculation — one of several that German leaders…
Pentagon officials said on Friday that they were pulling 5,000 troops from Germany and would redeploy them to the United States and other posts overseas. The Defense Department is also canceling a plan developed under the Biden administration to place a missile-equipped artillery unit in Europe. The moves will return U.S. forces in Europe to…
President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as the rift between the United States and one of its closest European allies widens over Berlin’s criticism of the war on Iran. The US president suggested on Thursday that Merz should focus on German and European affairs rather than comment on the…
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that he is “studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops in Germany,” in what appears to be retaliation for comments by Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, that Iran has “humiliated” the United States. Even before Mr. Merz made his comments to a group of German students, the United States…
Modern German politicians have long prided themselves on being among Israel’s fiercest supporters. But over the past several weeks, some politicians’ frustration with Berlin’s longtime ally has become palpable — a sign that support from Germany may be beginning to soften. Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, cabinet ministers and government press officials have used unusually…
Shorouk Express Der Kanzler ist von einer wichtigen Reise zurück. Friedrich Merz war in Jordanien und Israel unterwegs und bemüht sich um ein stabileres Verhältnis zu Jerusalem. Die Tage dort zeigen einen gehäuteten Bundeskanzler. Er setzt auf Ruhe, Verlässlichkeit und sichtbare Nähe zur israelischen Regierung, auch wenn in zentralen Fragen wie dem Umgang mit dem…
Shorouk Express Merz echoed the sentiment in German media. “Belgium’s particular concern about the question of how to make use of frozen Russian assets is undeniable and must be addressed in any conceivable solution in such a way that all European states bear the same risk,” he said. De Wever offered no comment and the leaders…
