Denmark has summoned the top US diplomat in the country over reports that American citizens with alleged links to President Donald Trump have been conducting covert influence operations in Greenland on.ft.com/45BQqvn

France’s largest opposition party, the far-right National Rally, is calling on President Emmanuel Macron to call new elections or resign after the likely impending collapse of the government next month.

“In one of the most astonishing political transformations in the history of democracy,” Hitler destroyed “a constitutional republic through constitutional means,” writes Timothy W. Ryback. Read about how Hitler overcame democracy in just 53 days:

Turkey is building its image as an emerging military power, but a closer look at their security sector offers a somewhat different picture, argues Ryan Gingeras.

Joint Statement of the Leaders of the Nordic Baltic Eight on #Ukraine #dkpol

Iran’s foreign minister: Israel’s war sabotaged diplomacy. The US can revive it https://on.ft.com/3IyBQvl | opinion

Professor: Vi skal tale om krig og opruste til fred samtidigt

Ny aftale om forsvarsinvesteringer i Arktis er mindre end ventet

Will Germany's military spending bring economic growth? The German arms industry is thriving thanks to a major state-run investment program. But will the country's wider economy benefit? www.dw.com/en/will-germ...

UN criticizes Germany over Afghanistan deportation plans Germany’s Interior Minister has said he is open to creating a direct line with the Taliban to enable deportations of Afghans living in Germany. The UN has criticized the plan. www.dw.com/en/un-critic...

Europa skal være en global magtfaktor, siger Europaminister Marie Bjerre ved præsentationen af det danske EU-formandskab i FT. Flot, men hvordan? Et mere stabilt Europa, med mere vækst og i en udvidet kreds. Et mere sikkert, konkurrencedygtigt og grønt Europa. #eu2025dk @diis.dk

Why Donald Trump decided to support Israel’s war against Iran, and what the conflict reveals about the U.S.-Israeli relationship.

How to deal with Europe's nuclear dilemma? @liviuhorovitz.bsky.social and I analysed it for @brookings.edu in a series on European security👇 Delighted to team up with @sophiabesch.bsky.social @constelz.bsky.social Thomas Wright who also contributed to this collection!

"Europe is facing more challenges than ever before. In this context, the Danish presidency will find its purpose and agenda. Security and defence will be key as well as competitivenes and the green transition" - @mariebjerre.venstre.dk, Danish Minister for European Affairs, at the #DanishPPC /12

🔴 Europa pide a Israel e Irán contención para evitar una escalada peligrosa social.elpais.com/eal7v4

Returning to the #DanishPPC for our second plenary session, the final session of day 1️⃣ 👉 our panel on EU #enlargement features insights from Saskia Hollander, Danijela Jaćimović and @kristiraik.bsky.social with moderation from @diis.dk's @ceciliebanke.bsky.social /23

En udredning om Danmarks blodigste krig siden 1864 er forsinket: »Nu må de komme ud over rampen«

Tune in to the livestreamed #DanishPPC for our plenary on EU enlargement featuring the expert insights of Saskia Hollander, Danijela Jaćimović & @kristiraik.bsky.social, all moderated by @ceciliebanke.bsky.social 🔗 tepsa.eu/policy-advic... @thinktankeuropa.bsky.social @diis.dk

Armenia National Assembly votes for starting EU accession bid

French President Emmanuel Macron is planning to host a group of European leaders on Thursday, March 27, to discuss Ukraine and security in Europe, three officials told us.

German parliament approves Friedrich Merz’s €1tn spending plan https://www.ft.com/content/80742c32-1af3-4881-a935-f3045df12b12

French President Emmanuel Macron is pressing his government to quickly carve out extra funding for defense amid fears of an American pivot away from Europe under United States President Donald Trump.

Snyder er ofte radikal i sine betagtninger, men jeg kan her ikke helt afvise, at han ser rigtigt. Var mødet i det ovale værelse med Zelensky reelt et antisemitisk angreb på ham? Velkonstrueret efter gammelkendt recept og på en måde, som Europa har lagt bag sig? open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

The ex-spymaster shaping Turkey’s foreign ambitions https://www.ft.com/content/b0d1d1ba-7689-4b65-8a54-613c0d30d4e7

Zelenskyy on Fox News: US support, Trump meeting, and unity vs. Russian aggression. 🧵1/7👇

⚡️ Polish PM Tusk and French President Macron expressed support for Zelenskyy: “Dear Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone,” said Tusk. “Russia is the aggressor, and we must respect those who have fought from the very beginning,” said Macron.

The real Donald has spoken: ↘️

This has to be right. Starmer's summit on Sunday has become a potentially decisive moment. If Europeans don't throw their weight behind Ukraine and behind a massive and immediate increase in their defence efforts (& damn the deficits), Europe will find itself at the mercy of Putin & Trump.

Nothing could make it clearer that Europe needs to step in NOW and offer Ukraine an alternative. Not more because the US is doing less, but an alternative to US military assistance. Starlinks is another huge problem. And there is no relying on the US for European security anymore. Very bad times.

Washington’s intelligence-sharing partners are beginning to assess the need to be more reserved about what they can risk sharing with U.S. partners—and what they should hold back, Keir Giles and John Sipher write.

When Russia invaded Ukraine, Finland’s then-president Niinistö said that the masks had fallen. If anyone was still clinging onto some kind of hope of Trump coming around on Ukraine, this disgrace of a press conference should make everything clear now. Trump is anti-Ukraine. Pro-Russia.

Zelenskyy is the anti-imperialist leader of the century! Withstands russia's imperialist assault for 3yrs and now stands up to the American imperialists. Vance and Trump are a disgrace to the American people.

No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.

politiken.dk/debat/art102... Vel talt! “International politik handler om at vælge det mindste onde. Og det gælder i allerhøjeste grad for småstater. Derfor handler det for Danmark om at holde USA tilfredse og ikke risikere at tage del i en europæisk retorik, der skubber amerikanerne længere væk«.

Vil du gerne blive klogere på betydningen af det tyske valg i Tyskland og i Europa? Så meld dig til det her seminar på fredag. Seminaret holdes på KU www.diis.dk/event/bliv-k... @ceciliebanke.bsky.social @albertebove.bsky.social @altingetdk.bsky.social @ucph.bsky.social

“Invest. Build. Defend.” Europe’s defence industry needs a revival. It’s key to our economy and innovation, produces quality jobs and will help protect Europeans. The main thing holding it back is our leaders. #GetToWorkEurope

French President Emmanuel Macron is convening European leaders for an emergency summit in Paris in the coming days to discuss the challenges posed by Donald Trump, according to Polish FM Radosław Sikorski.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the US is making a “miscalculation” in the Middle East, rejecting the “unacceptable” plan for Gaza recently proposed by US President Donald Trump. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p0m5bs

I published this piece yesterday, and today JD Vance went to Munich (yes, Munich) and lectured German politicians about why they ought to break down the firewall that has kept the far-right out of German politics for decades, and work with the Holocaust-minimizing AfD. www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...

Yes, that was the main outrageous message.

🇺🇸🇷🇴🇺🇦🗳️ JD Vance slamming the Romanian constitutional court for cancelling prez election due to malign influence while, at the same time, the Trump administration is pushing Ukraine to hold prez elections (despite no legal pathway to do so) is pretty much a clear indication of what this is all about.

Trump’s Ukraine call with Putin leaves UK sounding at odds with reality

‘US relations with Europe will never be the same after Trump’s call with Putin. Europe’s American century is over’ www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/p...