As the rift with the United States widens, a long-dormant debate has returned in the halls of European power: Does the continent need its own nuclear umbrella? The question has moved into the ...

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, growing instability in the Middle East and Donald Trump's return to the White House have thrust European defence policy into the spotlight and brought about a ...

As a new poll shows even Reform UK supporters back a youth mobility scheme with the EU, Independent readers have reignited a debate over the scheme and the wider ramifications of Brexit. Many readers ...

HEILBRONN — When the ancient Chinese wanted to curse someone, says Joschka Fischer onstage in Heilbronn, they’d say: “May you live in interesting times.” The former German foreign minister offers the ...

The European Commission will on Wednesday consider how to craft a plan to ease the bloc out of a virus lockdown that has dealt a body blow to the economies of EU members. European Commission President ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Parliament began debating on Tuesday whether to make the EU-U.S. tariff deal conditional on concessions from Washington and limited in time, which could reignite trade ...

Since the end of the Cold War many European countries ditched conscription, but with a major shift in geopolitics and increasing instability, could young Europeans soon expect to face a call up to the ...

Open to Debate, in partnership with Bloomberg, is taking a closer look at a region that is strategizing its best move to become a competitor in the war for AI chip development: Europe. Semiconductors ...

The front-runner in Poland’s presidential election Rafal Trzaskowski accused his main rival Karol Nawrocki of spreading Russian propaganda and “anti-German phobias” in a televised debate that failed ...