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European Union leaders are holding emergency summit talks to beef up their own military defenses and make sure Ukraine will ...

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants to be up to the task and has proposed an 800 billion euro (£651 ...

Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

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Germany’s Friedrich Merz, poised to be his country’s next chancellor, said he thinks the explosive exchange between Ukrainian ...