Donald Trump’s return to the White House has triggered a 'remarkable shift' in Europeans’ perception of the United States, according to a survey. Even the most America-friendly individuals no longer primarily view Washington as an ally.
Brussels is prepared to accelerate membership talks with Kiev by opening two “clusters” of negotiations by mid-2025, the EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos, has stated. Ukraine applied for EU membership in February 2022 and was granted formal candidate status later that year.
The European Union should deploy military forces in Greenland, the chairman of the EU Military Committee (EUMC), Gen. Robert Brieger, has stressed. He cited Greenland’s geopolitical importance and “tensions” with Russia and China amid US President Donald Trump’s claim to the island.
The European Union has announced a new €120 million (approximately $123.4 million) humanitarian package for Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Doha will stop gas shipments to the EU if member states enforce new legislation on carbon emissions, Qatar’s energy minister Saad al-Kaabi has told the Financial Times (FT). Qatar has become an important supplier to the bloc after Brussels resolved to wean itself off Russian gas following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022.
The European Union foreign policy chief has called for the elimination of Russian and Iranian influence in Syria’s future following the fall of Bashar al-Assad
The European Union will not lift sanctions on Syria before its new rulers ensure minorities are not persecuted and women’s rights are protected within a unified government that disavows religious extremism, the EU’s top diplomat has stated.
The EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, says that he has proposed to EU member states the banning of imports from illegal settlements and the suspension of political dialogue with Israel, citing Tel Aviv's many violations of international law in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
The European Union called for “utmost restraint” after Israel attacked several positions inside Iran, warning both Tehran and Tel Aviv against “uncontrollable escalation”.
The European Union has announced it is deeply concerned about draft Israeli legislation that would ban the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees from operating in the occupied territories and likely scale back aid distribution across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.
The European Union's military aid to Kiev has reached 43.5 billion euros, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said at a press conference in Brussels.
Israel's major military operation in the occupied West Bank should not constitute premises of war extension from the Gaza Strip, including full-scale destruction, the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has stated.
Iran's Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri, in a phone conversation with the European Union foreign policy chief, called for the bloc's pressure against Israel to prevent the continuation of the regime's crimes.
Several European states are considering reopening their embassies in Afghanistan in a move that would entail diplomatic recognition of the Taliban almost three years after the fall of Kabul, people familiar with the matter have claimed.
The European Union has imposed sanctions against five extremist Israeli settlers and three entities for “serious and systematic human rights abuses” against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has stated the European Union needs to invest 500 billion euros ($535 billion) in defense in the next ten years.
The establishment of a Palestinian state is “the only route to peace” in the Middle East, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has stated as his country announced formal recognition of an independent Palestinian state, alongside Norway and Ireland.
EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell has stated that the bloc is endangered by the Israeli disregard for orders issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to stop military operations in Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
The European Union is facing a record number of “external and internal enemies”, who pose an existential threat to the bloc, French President Emmanuel Macron has warned, doubling down on a warning he’d given earlier, that “our Europe” could end up dying.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has stated that if the International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for top Israeli officials over their alleged war crimes in Gaza, all EU member states will be legally forced to oblige.
Several member states of the European Union are considering to jointly recognize the state of Palestine on May 21, Public broadcaster RTE reported Wednesday.
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has raised concern over Israel's announced plans to construct 3,300 new housing units in illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank.
