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Canada to be first non-European nation at EPC summit as Carney seeks allies

Trump’s plan to [pull more than 5,000 troops out of Germany](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/02/nato-us-withdraw-troops-germany-defence) over the next year and the economic impact on western economies of a prolonged US-Iran conflict will

Down and then out in Paris and London? Why Starmer isn’t the only one with a popularity problem

economy is expected to expand by 2.4% this year. Compare that to France (0.9%), the UK (0.9%) and [Germany](https://www.theguardian.com/world/germany) (0.6%). The Wall Street Journal recently reported that executive assistants in New York

German leader Merz says he ‘would not advise my children to go’ to US

policy adviser who served as ambassador to Germany during Trump’s first term, posted on X: “@\_FriedrichMerz has become the European President of the TDS Society,” referring to so-called Trump derangement syndrome. He said

Hungary’s voters shunned Orbán – but it may be too early to celebrate end of Europe’s far right

policy in Brussels, it has outposts in several other countries and it funds high-profile conservative researchers, including from the UK.” The investigative outlet [Democracy for Sale has detailed multiple links](https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/orbans-brits) between

Iran war: What’s happening on day 62 as Trump asks Iran to ‘give up’?

impact on oil:** Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said no oil wells have “exploded” under the US blockade, arguing the measures have only driven up global prices. He added Iran’s storage has not reached

Could Trump’s Iran ‘excursion’ be a bigger global turning point than Vietnam?

impact on the US, the international strategic fallout may prove more long lasting. Photograph: Tim Page/Corbis/Getty Images --- Clearly the domestic US consequences of Iran will never match Vietnam. True, the war was unpopular from

‘A stress test’: US-Germany rift widens as Iran-war drags on

impact may be limited. More consequential, analysts say, could be a separate decision to cancel plans to station long-range weapons systems in Germany. On Monday, the German defence ministry said there had been

Trump’s threat: Why cutting US troops in Europe won’t be easy

impact on our economic output”. On Tuesday, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that Merz “thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. He doesn’t know what he’s talking

Why Europe’s car industry is at the centre of a new US trade war

economy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States’s Brussels office, said Trump’s announcement reportedly stems from his impatience with the EU’s lengthy procedures to implement  the US-EU trade “deal

Katya Adler: Europe's Nato allies push back at reported US threat to Spain

impact, reared its Medusa-like head. Again. "No worries," Spain's determined-to-appear calm prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, said to waiting journalists as he arrived at the leaders' summit. "We are fulfilling our obligations