Following weeks of mounting political pressure from in and outside the country, Germany has agreed to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, a possible turning point for the embattled country … Read More
Olaf Scholz has certainly taken on Angela Merkel’s mantle of “crisis chancellor” if his first year in office is anything to go by. War broke out on European soil just … Read More
Olaf Scholz has not been dealt the best of hands. Replacing Angela Merkel after her 16 years of steady — if staid — rule was never going to be easy. Doing so … Read More
The war in Ukraine and suspected acts of sabotage on key infrastructure are forcing European countries to rethink their approach to what is critical and who should control it. And … Read More
The war in Ukraine and suspected acts of sabotage on key infrastructure are forcing European countries to rethink their approach to what is critical, and who should control it. And … Read More
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to Beijing this week in what is fast becoming a controversial trip, amid pressure both domestically and from within the EU to take a tougher … Read More
No other country in western Europe has been criticised more for allegedly doing too little too late to support Ukraine than Germany. Its political class has been accused of cozying … Read More
Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz will meet in Paris on Wednesday in a bid to quell rumours that the Franco-German engine is spluttering. The working lunch between the French President … Read More
There could be the start of an EU-UK rapprochement as more than 40 European leaders, including British Prime Minister Liz Truss, gather for strategic discussions about the challenges Europe faces, … Read More
The European Union must undergo major reforms now to be ready to cope with having 30-36 members in the future, Germany’s chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday. He added the bloc … Read More
