In the sprawling flatlands of Denmark’s Jutland peninsula, near the small town of Give, a family-owned company called Welcon has been gearing up to build giant, cylindrical wind turbine towers for a multibillion-dollar project. The project, a wind farm called Empire Wind, is being built by the Norwegian energy giant Equinor in the waters off…
Insulin, heart treatments and antibiotics have flowed freely across many borders for decades, exempt from tariffs in a bid to make medicine affordable. But that could soon change. For months, President Trump has been promising to impose higher tariffs on pharmaceuticals as part of his plan to reorder the global trading system and bring key…
During a 24-hour swing through Copenhagen last month, Eric Slesinger met with engineers making maritime drones, developers of war-planning software and an adviser to NATO. He had recently visited London for a dinner with a senior British intelligence official and would soon head to the Arctic to learn about the technologies that could handle extreme…
From Brussels to Berlin, leaders across Europe are getting ready to spend hundreds of billions to rebuild their armies. The spending, they say, is necessary to prepare Europe for the dangers of a world where the United States no longer guarantees its security. But many of them are also hoping that the surge of money…
From Brussels to Berlin, leaders across Europe are getting ready to spend hundreds of billions to rebuild their armies. The spending, they say, is necessary to prepare Europe for the dangers of a world where the United States no longer guarantees its security. But many of them are also hoping that the surge of money…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Europe’s unity was at an “exceptionally high level” that was not seen in a “long time” as Kyiv aimed to secure a peace deal with security guarantees with the US’s backing to end the three-year-old war. Zelenskyy’s remarks assumed significance after he was involved in a shouting…
Ukraine is grappling with a critical shortage of manpower in its conflict with Russia. The potential reduction of US support prompts questions regarding Europe’s capacity to uphold Ukraine’s defence. Discussions are ongoing about Russia’s strategies, Ukraine’s endurance, and Europe’s willingness to enhance its military efforts if US backing wanes. Source link
President Trump’s promise to hit the United States’ trading partners with tit-for-tat tariffs — including penalties for taxes that he claims the European Union unfairly imposes on American imports — could hardly come at a worse time for the continent. Mr. Trump on Thursday signed a memo directing his teams to prepare by April “reciprocal”…
The European Union spent last year drawing up secret plans for what the bloc would do if President Trump made good on his threats of imposing higher tariffs on European goods and services. Now, as those threats go from hypothetical to potentially imminent, its plans are coming into broad focus. Hit specific, politically sensitive sectors…
It’s a twist that no one saw coming – the most powerful person in Europe this year is not a traditional figure, but Giorgia Meloni, the Prime Minister of Italy. This surprising revelation comes from Politico Europe’s annual ranking of the most influential people. According to Politico, Meloni, the leader of the right-wing Brothers of…