EU leaders to hold emergency Ukraine talks, seeking to adapt to new security demands without the US

EU Aims for Military Independence

Only two weeks after a European Union summit where the bloc's leaders pledged to spend billions on defense in a "watershed moment for Europe," they are returning to Brussels for another meeting on March 20-21. This time, the EU's leaders aim to solidify plans for strengthening Europe's defense autonomy amid ongoing doubts about the US commitment to protecting European nations and sustaining military support for Ukraine. In the runup to the summi…

A pivotal moment for European strategic autonomy, courtesy of Trump

The United States could have a lot to lose in addition to the diplomatic fallout.

Ukraine’s Most Plausible Security Guarantee Will Not Come from the U.S.

The Trump administration rules out security guarantees for Ukraine – as did the Biden administration. Europeans and Ukrainians need to give up hope that this stance might change. Efforts to align Kyiv, Washington and European capitals on other points would be better placed.

by Arturo Primavera The representation a few days ago, for the benefit of the cameras and live, of the meeting between Zelensky and Trump, which downgraded diplomacy to a condominium dispute, divided public opinion between those who had seen or otherwise paid attention to the last few minutes, in which Z. was brutally put at the door by T., and were indignant at the treatment reserved, all in all unfairly, to a US ally, and those who, on the oth…

In Patriot Extra, Máté Gerhard asked Levente Boros Bánk and Levente Szikra why European leaders would take over the role of America in the area of missing arms shipments and financial aid.

Why Donald Trump Has Turned on Europe

For decades, European leaders fostered a willing dependence on the United States that has made the continent acutely vulnerable to the superpower’s whims. Donald Trump has sensed this weakness and is using it to advance his own narrow interests.