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The US wants to reduce its involvement in NATO by shifting a greater share of the burden onto Europe. At the same time, it is aggressively pushing Europeans to buy American weapons, thereby supporting the US military‑industrial complex

Uwe Boll's film- about an American citizen bringing justice back to Europeans, which immigrants and EU officials have taken away from them- correlates quite closely with Vice President Vance's remarks: at the Munich Security Conference on February 14, 2025; in a Fox News interview on August 1, 2025, when he said that Europe is headed for 'civilisational suicide' because of its migration policies; and again on January 22, 2026, in a Newsmax interview, repeating the same thesis.

The film has been effectively banned by bureaucratic means in several European countries, but Elon Musk posted it for free on X. European media have mostly given it negative coverage, and this is one of those articles.

Of course, you can be skeptical about the AfD's chances of leading Germany, but their popularity is growing every year

Summary

• Weidel wants to lift boycott of Russian oil, gas
• Comments show potential fragility of alliance backing Ukraine
• AfD dominates polling before two eastern state elections

Back in 2024, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised a fresh UK–Africa partnership. Two years later, his resignation leaves unfinished ambitions, scaled-back aid and questions about Britain's long-term commitment. Will relations get a new boost under the new prime minister?

Paris is looking for fresh levies on foreign companies (non EC) in order to reduce national contributions to the EC bloc’s budget. The main thing they want is to increase the EU budget to keep all the subsidies intact

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was widely known for his support of Ukraine and his efforts towards a new EU–UK defense partnership. What will happen to those policies now that Starmer has announced his resignation?

Thanks to its network of bases, Washington can wage wars worldwide. It also uses them as instruments of soft power – or punishes allies with troop withdrawals. China secures its geopolitical power in other ways.

From Italy to France, nationalist leaders are reassessing their ties with the U.S. president as his brand sours across the EU. 

Trump’s brand in Europe has soured — curdled by his tariff wars, threats against Greenland and a war on Iran that increased energy prices. His interventions, once welcomed by his ideological allies, are now seen as political explosives: liable to alienate moderate voters, split nationalist electorates and hand ammunition to their opponents.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz signalled a major shift in Berlin’s economic relations with Beijing on Friday, saying the Chinese currency was undervalued by 30 per cent, well above the International Monetary Fund’s estimate of “about 16 per cent”.

Summary

• Senior Labour figures expect statement on PM's future
• Government source says PM remains focused on governing
• Rival Andy Burnham waiting in wings after winning by-election

The Cuban regime is trying to copy Chinese state capitalism. Whether this will appease the Trump administration, however, is questionable.

Translation from German into English is in the comments

The position of Macron and Merz is that the time is not right to talk to Putin, and when that moment comes, the “E3” of France, Germany and the U.K. should take the lead.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed the common statement after leaders in Evian unexpectedly converged on backing Kyiv.

"We, the Leaders of the G7, stand united in our unwavering support for Ukraine in defending its freedom, sovereignty, and territorial integrity," they said in a declaration published on Wednesday shortly after midnight.

Kyiv’s allies want the United States to join their strategy of maximal pressure on Russia. It’s not clear if Trump is on board.

Behind the scenes, European officials fear that the U.S. president — freed from having to manage the Iran crisis day-to-day — could try to retake control of the Ukraine peace talks, leave them on the sidelines and derail their strategy of putting maximal pressure on Russia and fully supporting Ukraine.

Sir Keir Starmer said: "This successful operation delivers yet another blow to Russia and reminds those fuelling Putin's war in Ukraine that we will not let them hide."

Ending Europe’s dependence on U.S. capabilities is one thing, denying allies the ability to defend themselves is an entirely different matter.