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From Drone Walls to Reparations Loans: Europe’s Hybrid-Security Turn from Copenhagen to Kyiv
European governments spent Friday, 26 September 2025, coordinating responses to a series of drone-related incidents while debating longer-term security and financing measures linked to Russia’s war against Ukraine. The day’s developments ranged from tactical steps to protect upcoming summits to strategic proposals for a large, interest-free loan to Ukraine backed by frozen Russian state assets.…
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Russia Strikes Kyiv 28 Aug 2025: Europe Condemns, Summons, Reinforces
In the early hours of Thursday, 28 August 2025, Kyiv endured one of the most intense mixed drone-and-missile barrages since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, with strikes reported across all or most districts of the capital and further impacts recorded at multiple locations nationwide. Ukrainian authorities reported that at least 18 people were killed—including…
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Macron Condemns Netanyahu, Urges EU-Israel Trade Rethink and U.S. Pressure on Gaza War
In an extended televised appearance on May 13, 2025, French President Emmanuel Macron launched an unprecedented diplomatic broadside against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, describing Israel’s conduct in Gaza as “shameful” and “unacceptable,” and calling for a fundamental reassessment of Europe’s strategic relationship with Israel. The remarks, delivered in a nationally broadcast interview on France’s…
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Ursula von der Leyen and the Geopolitical Reinvention of the European Union
In an extensive interview conducted by ZEIT journalists Ulrich Ladurner and Bernd Ulrich, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, articulates with striking clarity the nature of Europe’s unfolding transformation in a world increasingly unmoored from post-Cold War certainties. Marked by relentless crises—ranging from the global pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to…
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EU Declares Seven Nations Safe to Speed Up Deportations
In a significant recalibration of the European Union’s asylum policy framework, the European Commission has officially published a revised list of seven countries designated as “safe,” signaling a strategic tightening of its migration management approach. The countries newly classified as safe include Kosovo, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco, and Tunisia. This development represents a direct…
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