Move your nukes to our territory, Polish president urges Trump
Andrzej Duda said he discussed moving American nuclear weapons to Poland with U.S. president’s special envoy Keith Kellogg, but the idea is likely to antagonize Moscow.
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Polandโs Tusk wants Turkey to take a leading role in ending Ukraine war
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoฤan urged Russia to accept a ceasefire deal with Ukraine.
Tusk calls for respect between allies after US-Poland spat over Starlink satellites
Polish prime minister tells โfriendsโ to cast aside arrogance after his foreign minister and Marco Rubio trade barbs onlineDonald Tusk, Polandโs prime minister, has called on โfriendsโ to respect their allies and not be arrogant in a post on X that men…
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy โfully committedโ to dialogue with US ahead of Saudi Arabia trip
Ukrainian representatives set to meet US team next week; Russian attack kills at least 14 people in the eastern Donetsk region. What we know on day 1,110See all our Ukraine coverageUkraine is โfully committedโ to having a constructive dialogue with US …
Poland says it plans to give every adult male military training
In a statement to parliament on Friday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk shared his plan as part of a wider effort to create a 500,000-strong army to deter Russian aggression.
Poland plans military training for every adult male amid growing European security fears
PM Donald Tusk says country needs army of 500,000 and backs withdrawal from treaty banning landminesPolandโs prime minister, Donald Tusk, has said his government is working on a plan to prepare large-scale military training for every adult male in resp…
Poland must look at acquiring nuclear weapons, says Donald Tusk
Prime minister also open to exploring how French atomic weapons can protect whole continent
Poland pushes for access to nuclear arms and looks to build half-million-man army
Already a major spender within NATO, Warsaw has massive military plans as fears grow about the reliability of the U.S. as an ally against Russia.
Donald Tusk announces military training plan for all Polish men
Poland’s prime minister said his government plans to have a model ready by the end of the year.
Poland, Denmark open to Macronโs nuclear deterrent proposal
French presidentโs push to discuss how France’s nuclear weapons could protect Europe was long unsuccessful โย until now.
โWatershed momentโ: EU leaders agree plan for huge rise in defence spending
Leaders endorse von der Leyen proposal but show of unity over Ukraine is marred by Hungaryโs Viktor OrbรกnEurope live โ latest updatesEuropean leaders holding emergency talks in Brussels have agreed on a massive increase to defence spending, amid a driv…
Defense promises but scant detail as Europe enters decisive week
A Thursday summit in Brussels will follow Sunday’s top-level diplomacy in London, with Europe’s leaders still facing important questions over military spending.
Europe must show leadership against Trumpโs โruthlessness,โ Baerbock says
With U.S. support in doubt, German foreign minister warns that Europe must lead on Ukraine or risk losing its security.
Europe, shocked by explosive Trump-Zelensky White House row, prepares for a decisive summit
Emmanuel Macron, Donald Tusk, Olaf Scholz, Keir Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen immediately threw their support behind the Ukrainian president. They will meet on Sunday, March 2, in London for a summit on Ukraine organized by Starmer.
Trump, Vance attack on Zelenskyy angers many. But Russians and (some) Republicans love it.
Ukraineโs supporters defend Kyiv against the U.S. presidentโs in-person attack, while detractors say he got what he deserved.
โFree world needs a new leaderโ: Europe defends Zelenskyy after Trump attack
France, Germany and Poland all make prompt declarations of support, as Europe fears Trump’s alignment with Putin.
EU to Trump on tariffs: Go ahead, make our day.
Brussels threatens to use its trade bazooka after President Donald Trump says the European Union was created to โscrewโ America.
Polandโs nationalists stick to Trump like glue ahead of presidential election
Views on the U.S. president could have a decisive impact on Poland’s vote in May.
Tusk and EU Commission deny screwing America
The Polish prime minister and the European Commission hotly refuted Trump’s claim the EU’s purpose is to “screw” the US.
Von der Leyen floats EU effort to finance missiles, ammunition and air defense
Europe is scrambling to ramp up the production of military equipment and boost its defense capabilities.
Poland is ready to host US troops if Germany doesnโt want them, president says
โI am interested in transferring all the cooperation that Germany has with the United States to Poland. Very willingly,โ Polish president said.
The Guardian view on Trumpโs realignment: the geopolitical plates are moving. Brace for further shocks | Editorial
In siding with Russia at the UN, the US has laid bare the extent of the shift. Bilateral visits cannot disguise the underlying crisisThe rumblings prompted by Donald Trumpโs re-election soon gathered force. First came tariffs and threats of territorial…
European leaders to meet in London on March 2 to talk defense, says Tusk
The London meeting comes ahead of a special summit on March 6 to discuss European security and Ukraine.
Macron meets Trump, Europeans head to Kyiv in two-pronged effort to save Ukraine
European leaders hope to reverse Trumpโs retreat from Europe and Ukraineโs dire prospects.
Ukraineโs EU trade future in limbo as Trump turns hostile
With Ukraineโs privileged access to the EU market expiring soon, Kyiv pleads for clarity โ while Brussels hesitates and Washingtonโs backing disintegrates.
Europeโs big guns sideline the EU to get real on Ukraine
Macronโs mini-summit shunned Brussels’ normal obsession with consensus and revealed a new core with the regionโs future in their hands.ย
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy rejects โquick winโ ceasefire sought by US
โWe will not sign just anything in order to be applauded,โ Ukrainian president insists; European leaders pressed on sending troops to enforce peace. What we know on day 1,091 The US is trying to โpleaseโ Vladimir Putin as it aims for a โquick winโ by …
Europeโs leaders find no quick response to Trumpโs bombshell on Ukraine
Top European leaders could not find common ground on issues including sending peacekeepers in Ukraine.
Germanyโs Scholz: Itโs โinappropriateโ to discuss sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine
Ukraine doesn’t have to accept whatever peace plan Russia and the United States present, Scholz added.
Poland to Europe: Donโt play games with Trump, spend more on defense
The Polish PM is adamant that Europe must not break ties with the U.S.
Macron and Trump have โfrank conversationโ minutes before European meeting on Ukraine
The call came before the French president welcomed a group of European leaders in Paris.
Angry farmers push Poland away from Ukraine
After nearly three years of war in Ukraine, protests by Polish farmers are opening up social and political fractures in a once-unshakeable alliance.
France confirms emergency European summit Monday in Paris
The “main European countries” will discuss the continent’s security, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noรซl Barrot said.
UKโs Starmer to attend emergency European summit in Paris
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noรซl Barrot said the “main European countries” would meet on Monday to discuss European security.
Macron calls emergency European summit on Trump, Polish minister says
It was not immediately clear which European leaders would be invited to the emergency meeting.
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Brussels power couples โย 2025 edition
Love is in the air in the halls of power.
Kremlin: Ukraine can be part of peace talks โ but main players will be US and Russia
โOur main counterpart in this process is Washington,โ Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
US reins in demands on Ukraine amid alliesโ outcries
โEverything is on the table,โ the Defense secretary said with no mention of concessions he demanded the day before.
Polish court orders retrial of woman found guilty of helping terminate pregnancy
Judgment against Justyna Wydrzyลska overturned in symbolic moment for abortion rights movementA Polish court has ordered a retrial in the case of an activist found guilty of helping a woman to terminate her pregnancy in a symbolic moment for Polandโs a…
Trumpโs plan for Ukraine a great deal โ โfor the Kremlin,โ Kyivโs backers say
“Letโs not mince words about what this represents: a surrender of Ukraineโs interests and our own, even before negotiations begin,โ says U.S. Senator Adam Schiff.
Europe : le cordon sanitaire avec lโextrรชme droite bientรดt remis en cause pour sโen prendre au Pacte vert ?
Intentionnellement ou non, les entreprises concernรฉes, l’extrรชme droite montante et les conservateurs traditionnels s’unissent pour rรฉรฉcrire les rรจgles รฉcologiques.
Decoding Donald Tuskโs Migration Pact warnings
The Polish prime minister’s apparent threats to defy EU migration rules aren’t as audacious as they appear.
Inside the divided coalition coming for the Green Deal
Intentionally or not, concerned businesses, the ascendant far right and traditional conservatives are coming together to rewrite green rules.
Brussels scrambles to defend Migration Pact after Donald Tusk’s refusal to comply
The European Commission will not commit to launching legal action against Poland after Donald Tusk openly threatened to disregard the Migration Pact.
The menace of deindustrialization in the EU โ and what we can do about it
Policymaking is not accountancy: in the medium and long term, the EU will be better off keeping factories within its borders.
Poland will not implement Migration Pact, Donald Tusk tells Ursula von der Leyen
Donald Tusk has once again criticised the Pact on Migration and Asylum and doubled down on his refusal to comply with the legislation.
EU leaders deflect Trump on Greenland and on tariffs
EU leaders are looking for a way to keep Trump from invading the Danish territory.
‘Unnecessary and stupid’: European leaders react to tariffs โ video
The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, said the EU should do all it can to avoid โtotally unnecessary and stupid tariff wars” after Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on European goods. Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said such a move would …
Keir Starmer says he does not accept UK has to choose between US and EU โ as it happened
Prime minister says both US and Europe are important to UK as he holds press conference with Nato secretary general Mark RutteKeir Starmerโs dinner with EU leaders tonight will take place at the Palais dโEgmont, a 16th-century palace where Ted Heath si…
Tusk downplays significance of Trumpโs EU tariff threats
PRAGUE – Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, whose country holds the EU Councilโs rotating presidency, sees no immediate reason to fear potential U.S. tariffs on EU goods. While acknowledging the issue as a concern, he emphasized that Poland is prepared…
Brussels vows โfirmโ response to potential Trump tariffs as EU braces for trade war
European Commission says the bloc “regrets” new U.S. tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China.
Ex-Polish justice minister ducks police, avoids Pegasus probe
Zbigniew Ziobro evaded officers and spoke of โpolitical theatrics.โ
Former EU president to UK: โWe still miss youโ
Donald Tusk was leader of the European Council from 2014 to 2019 during tense Brexit negotiations.
Chasing the Don: How EU politicians are jockeying for position with Trump
From Nigel Farage to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, EU politicians are competing for the privilege of being Europe’s Trump whisperer.
EU inks โฌ3B deal with Jordan amid deportation push
The deal is the latest in a series designed to shore up regional governments and pave the way for deportations.
Mettons ร bas le Pacte vert ensemble, exhorte Jordan Bardella aux conservateurs de lโUE
Jordan Bardella pense pouvoir convaincre le Parti populaire europรฉen de suspendre la lรฉgislation europรฉenne sur le climat.
Letโs kill the Green Deal together, far-right leader urges EUโs conservatives
Jordan Bardella thinks he can convince the European People’s Party to suspend EU climate legislation.
Donald Trump will huff and heโll puff, but if Europeโs leaders rise to its defence, their house will stand | Simon Tisdall
The EU is facing a torrid year ahead from enemies both within and without. But it is still far from a lost causeEurope is in trouble. Multiple, long-simmering external and internal challenges are coming to the boil. Taken together, they comprise the mo…
EUโs new economic vision is speaking to Green Deal critics
A draft document shows Brussels putting deregulation before decarbonization.
Europe needs to be armed to survive, says Donald Tusk
“There is no choice,” the Polish prime minister warned in an address to the European Parliament.
Press release – MEPs debate the Polish Presidencyโs priorities with Prime Minister Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk outlined to MEPs on Wednesday his goals for Polandโs leadership of the EU Council and the focus on Europeโs security strategy. Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
Micheรกl Martin accuses opposition of โsubversion of Irish constitutionโ amid chaos over his appointment as PM โ Europe live
Angry scenes over speaking time arrangements in the Dรกil with rows delaying the expected confirmation of Martinโs role by the presidentTusk, a historian by training, also urged Europe to increase its defence spending:Some people think itโs extravagant …
Polandโs sales pitch to Trump: spend, invest and defend
Can Poland compensate for a lack of leadership in Berlin and Paris?
The post Poland’s sales pitch to Trump: spend, invest and defend appeared first on Euractiv.
Starmer urges world leaders to โdouble downโ on support for Ukraine
PM stressed shared โunbreakable commitment to Nato and Ukraineโ with Poland in meeting with Donald Tusk Keir Starmer has urged world leaders to โdouble downโ in their efforts to support Ukraine during a visit to Poland, days before Donald Trumpโs retur…
Von der Leyen emerges from illness to join show of support for Germanyโs Merz
European Commission president is in Berlin for her first public appearance since she was admitted to hospital.
Poland hails breakthrough with Ukraine over second world war Volhynia atrocity
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Tusk reach agreement on massacre of up to 100,000 Poles by Ukrainian nationalistsRussia-Ukraine war โ latest news updatesPoland has hailed a breakthrough in a painful historical dispute with Ukraine, after it said its nei…
Polish PM accuses Russia of planning โacts of terrorismโ around the world
Donald Tusk claims Warsaw has been involved in countering โacts of sabotageโ, referencing incendiary parcel attacks in Poland and the UKRussia planned to conduct โacts of terrorism in the airโ, Polish prime minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday, by pl…
Spend more on arms to keep Trump sweet, say Poland and Ukraineโs leaders
Ukraine and Poland heal their own relationship in face of Russian aggression.
Poland, Ukraine move on exhumations deal of WWII-era massacre victims
The historical dispute has repeatedly been raised by Poland as a key obstacle to Kyiv’s progress toward EU accession.
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Russia plotted terror attacks on airlines around the world, Polandโs Tusk says
Polish PM makes bombshell accusation against Moscow.
Morawiecki to be elected ECR party president
He will take the baton from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Speeches by politicians banned at 80th anniversary of Auschwitzโs liberation
Director of the memorial says he wants the focus to be on the last survivors of the Nazi concentration campMonarchs, presidents and prime ministers are expected among the attenders at a commemoration event for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of …
Polandโs opposition PiS party faces financial squeeze
The party says the failure to pay its electoral subsidies could land the finance minister in jail.
Netanyahu can attend Auschwitz memorial event, Polandโs Tusk says
The Israeli prime minister is subject to an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for war crimes in Gaza.
Polandโs presidential election set for May 18
The election will be a make-or-break moment for the government of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Polandโs changing population mix turns political
Poland used to be one of the world’s most ethnically homogenous countries. That’s no longer the case.
Poland’s EU presidency: An opportunity for a country in tune with Europe
As Donald Tusk’s team takes over the rotating presidency of the European Union, the context of the war in Ukraine offers Warsaw an opportunity to demonstrate its strengths and maturity, 20 years after joining the EU.
Polandโs PiS hopes its underdog presidential candidate defeats the odds
The two lead candidates are sparring over who has the ear of ordinary Poles.
Hungarian envoy โnot welcomeโ at Polandโs EU presidency gala
Warsaw-Budapest relations are in the deep freeze.
Poland’s EU presidency promises to be highly political
On the strength of his European experience and his membership of the EPP, the dominant party in Brussels, Prime Minister Donald Tusk intends to demonstrate that his government’s pro-European choices are the right ones, ahead of the Polish presidential …
Poland’s EU presidency promises to be highly political
On the strength of his European experience and his membership of the EPP, the dominant party in Brussels, Prime Minister Donald Tusk intends to demonstrate that his government’s pro-European choices are the right ones, ahead of the Polish presidential …
Why Polandโs Donald Tusk is best placed to be Europeโs โTrump whispererโ | Paul Taylor
As France and Germany struggle, Polandโs prime minister has the advantage of being well respected on both sides of the AtlanticWith France and Germany hobbled by political crises and Britain sidelined as a result of Brexit, the Polish prime minister, D…
Donald Tuskโs Polish revival masks deeper divisions with German neighbours
Warsawโs return to the European mainstream with presidency of the EU Council may not be quite what it seemsGermanyโs chancellor appears to be heading for defeat; Franceโs president is mired in crisis. But while Europeโs traditional power duo are in the…
Europeโs emerging centers of power
Four thinkers present their predictions for the next new world order.
Europeโs Russian energy sanctions have run out of steam. Can Poland fire them up again?
Warsaw wants to use its turn in the EU’s rotating chair to take on Russian imports.
Orbรกn infuriates Warsaw by granting political asylum to former Polish minister
Poland’s foreign ministry calls the Hungarian government’s decision a “hostile” step and an “insult” to Polish authorities.
The EUโs A-Team for 2025
In the spirit of Christmas cheer, this week’s EU Politics Decoded asks: who would it take for the EU to have a happy 2025?
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Polandโs role in shaping Europeโs energy transition and competitiveness
During a tumultuous yet transformative time, PKEE seeks to drive a cleaner, more prosperous and resilient region
Poland bans โhostile takeoversโ of key media companies by Orbรกnโs allies
Polish PM wants to protect its major broadcaster TVN from takeovers fueled by proxy capital.
Hungary on path of no return under Orbรกn, warns Polish minister
And he’s speaking from experience.
Costaโs honeymoon as European Council chief will be short-lived
The former Portuguese prime minister faces a difficult job in bridging EU disagreements while France and Germany remain distracted by domestic concerns.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in surprise visit to Lviv
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in surprise visit to Lviv
Tusk: Poland is โfrontline stateโ that canโt โgive everythingโ to Ukrainian defense
Polish leader confirms his countryโs unwavering support for Kyiv.
EU foreign policy chief downplays Ukraine peace prospects
The bloc’s foreign ministers are instead talking about ramping up support for Kyiv.
NATO and European leaders to discuss peacekeeping troops to Ukraine
The discussions follow French President Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Warsaw this week.
Ukraine war briefing: Nato warns that Putin wants to โwipe Ukraine off the mapโ
Nato secretary general Mark Rutte says people should gird themselves for the prospect that Russia might try to use โswarms of dronesโ in Europe. What we know on day 1,024Nato secretary general Mark Rutte has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin…
Poland and France downplay Ukraine peacekeeping mission โ but are thinking about it
It will be down to Ukrainians to decide when peace talks can start, both leaders agreed – but Tusk acknowledged that sending troops in the context of a ceasefire had been raised in their one-on-one meeting.
The post Poland and France downplay Ukraine p…
New Europe takes charge while Berlin and Paris distracted
With the EU’s traditional powerhouse consumed by drama at home, others step in to fill the void.
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Polandโs Donald Tusk hits brake on Ukraine peacekeeping force
French President Emmanuel Macron’s truncated visit to Warsaw follows talks in Paris between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.