Von der Leyen plans new defense commissioner post
MUNICH — The next European Commission should include a dedicated defense commissioner, Ursula von der Leyen said Saturday. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, the Commission president said it...
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Border anger undermines Polish-Ukrainian alliance
DOROHUSK, Poland — Poland and Ukraine have a common enemy, but you wouldn’t know it from what’s happening on the Dorohusk-Yagodyn border crossing. The Polish side of the frontier is blocked by several...
View ArticleDefense chief revamps German military to prepare for war
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced on Thursday a revamp of the country’s military to make it fit for fighting a war. The aim is “to restructure the Bundeswehr in such a way that it is...
View ArticleEurope’s new political consensus: We need to make more weapons
BRUSSELS — The European public and politicians are in agreement that EU countries should do more to increase weapons production. That’s according to the results of the latest Eurobarometer poll,...
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Macron opens the door for Ukraine to ‘neutralize’ Russian bases
French President Emmanuel Macron said Ukraine should be free to hit targets inside Russia in response to a direct threat of attack, wading into a debate that’s dividing Kyiv’s allies. “We have to...
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US-Russia prisoner swap causes blowback in Germany, Poland
BERLIN — A day after a historic prisoner swap, Germans are grappling with mixed feelings. In one of the biggest and most complex prisoner swaps since the Cold War, 16 Americans, Germans and Russian...
View ArticleRussia declares state of emergency in Kursk as Ukraine pushes incursion
Russia declared a state of emergency in the Kursk region late Wednesday as Ukrainian forces continued a cross-border attack there. “To eliminate the consequences of enemy forces coming into the...
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Poland’s presidential campaign kicks off — 9 months before the vote
WARSAW — The campaign to choose Poland’s next president is heating up, even though the election isn’t slated until next May. On paper the office isn’t that powerful. The president does, however, have...
View ArticlePoland needs F-35s before dispatching MiG-29s to Ukraine, says minister
Poland will only consider donating more of its MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine once replacement F-35s on order from the United States arrive, said Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. “I know...
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Playing with ‘electoral rocket fuel’: How Poland’s Donald Tusk hopes to...
Migration often provides an opening for far-right political parties. Poland’s Donald Tusk aims to slam that door shut by snatching the subject for himself. That’s why the centrist prime minister...
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