Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has fiercely denounced Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland, warning that the US president was becoming a “monster” by pressuring Denmark to relinquish control of the mineral-rich Arctic territory. In blistering remarks delivered at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, De Wever said that he would personally […]
Continue ReadingFrench President Emmanuel Macron suggested in a message shared on Tuesday to invite Russian representatives to a G7 meeting on Thursday, shortly before EU leaders fly to Brussels for a special summit on relations with the US. “I can set up a G7 meeting after Davos in Paris on Thursday afternoon. I can invite the Ukrainians, […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to impose a 200% tariff on French wines and champagnes. He claimed the move would compel French President Emmanuel Macron to join his […]
Continue ReadingThe EU will miss the goal of completing the core of its continental transport network by 2030, according to an audit that reveals worsening delays and cost overruns for major rail, road and waterway projects. This so-called Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) is meant to link the bloc’s most important ports, airports and population centres by […]
Continue ReadingEuropean leaders are scrambling to respond to the mounting transatlantic crisis after US President Donald Trump’s bombshell tariff threats over Greenland. Trump on Saturday announced that he was prepared to impose additional 10% tariffs on all goods from eight European countries – Denmark, France, Germany, the UK, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the Netherlands – starting […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch An American citizen has been sentenced to five years in a Russian prison after being convicted of illegally transporting weapons, court officials announced on Monday. Charles Wayne Zimmerman received […]
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico met US President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence late on Saturday, agreeing with Trump that the EU is “an institution in deep crisis,” while sidestepping Washington’s new tariff push and its ambitions over Greenland. The visit, which followed plans to sign an intergovernmental agreement on civil nuclear […]
Continue ReadingSeveral people were killed and others injured after two trains collided in southern Spain, the emergency services said Sunday. A police spokesman told AFP there were “five dead” after the accident in the province of Cordoba. A train travelling from Malaga to Madrid derailed near Adamuz, crossing onto the other track where it hit an […]
Continue ReadingEuropean Council President António Costa is planning to convene an urgent EU leaders meeting after a fresh bout of transatlantic turbulence sparked by new tariff threats from Washington, he announced in a statement on Sunday. According to one EU official, Costa is considering convening a physical meeting of the EU-27 as early as Thursday, 22 […]
Continue ReadingThe countries targeted by US President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs over their opposition to his designs on Greenland will “stand united” in their response, they said in a joint statement on Sunday. “Tariff threats undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral,” Britain, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden said. […]
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