For decades, European NATO members curbed defense spending to fund other priorities. What remains, in the view of some US military experts, is a “Potemkin Army” that couldn’t stand up to an ...

The EU should have its own army, the prime minister of Luxembourg has said, amid fears Donald Trump will withdraw US security ...

Emmanuel Macron has made little secret of his wish to see a European Army and, in the past, has even branded NATO "braindead" ...

Mr Macron said Europe needed a real army of its own Credit: Anadolu/Getty Brussels has also worked to deepen ties with Nato to quell fears by Baltic member states that a common EU defence policy ...

Boosting Europe's defence capabilities after years of underinvestment is a goal broadly shared by leaders across the European Union - but how and to what extent are still big questions, depending ...

He could just let it go dormant. That means a 25 per cent chance of Europe facing its worst military threat since 1945. Yes, it’s a hypothetical, but a hypothetical that could happen as soon ...

In June this year, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) celebrated its 75th anniversary. A pact that was formed in the aftermath of World War II to counter the threat of the Soviet Union ...

deterring further European military support for Ukraine and demonstrating Kremlin reach and ruthlessness in ways the West will not wish to match directly. All of that, some suggest, may also be ...

Investors seem to have read between the lines of Trump’s past rhetoric: more NATO burden-sharing, less US military aid, and a potential for European defence firms to capitalise on bolstered ...

The EU should have its own army, the prime minister of Luxembourg has said, amid fears Donald Trump will withdraw US security for Europe if he returns to the White House. The first steps towards a ...