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FT: Zelenskyy’s push for EU membership strains ties with allies

11:29 04.05.2026

FT: Zelenskyy’s push for EU membership strains ties with allies

Zelenskyy’s hard push for Ukraine to swiftly join the EU is raising tensions with European capitals at a time when Washington weighs continued support for Kyiv. A refusal by EU leaders to fast-track Ukraine’s accession has fuelled frustration in Kyiv, with the increasingly Eurosceptic rhetoric from the Zelenskyy administration undermining …

View from London: Europe’s unpopular leaders are paralysing the EU

11:27 04.05.2026

View from London: Europe’s unpopular leaders are paralysing the EU

To keep the European Union ticking along has always required a certain sleight of hand. National leaders of its 27 member states act as the bloc’s chief conjurors, selling the illusion to voters back home that every compromise hashed out at some interminable summit in Brussels marks yet another victory …

POLITICO: 5 ways the Iran war shows NATO is not ready to fight

11:25 04.05.2026

POLITICO: 5 ways the Iran war shows NATO is not ready to fight

NATO has stayed out of the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, but the conflict has nevertheless exposed cracks in the alliance’s defenses. “The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are not separate phenomena; there is much to learn from both in thinking about the wars of tomorrow,” Gen. Dominique Tardif, …

U.S. to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany

11:23 04.05.2026

U.S. to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany

Pentagon officials said that they were pulling 5,000 troops from Germany and would redeploy them to the United States and other posts overseas. The moves will return U.S. forces in Europe to the level they were in 2022, before Russia began its war in Ukraine, the officials said, speaking on …

POLITICO: Europe doesn’t know how much fuel it has

8:55 03.05.2026

POLITICO: Europe doesn’t know how much fuel it has

As airlines ground planes and officials urge citizens to cut back on their commutes, Europe’s effort to prevent shortages caused by the Iran war is running into an unexpected hitch: Nobody knows how much fuel the continent actually has. The scramble comes as the war in Iran drives up Europe’s …

British live-style: Why Britain is so poor – and will get poorer

8:54 03.05.2026

British live-style: Why Britain is so poor – and will get poorer

The Iran war is the shock that could spark an economic firestorm in Britain, ‘New Statesman’ writes. We cannot afford our current standard of living. We do not produce enough of what we want – or enough of what the rest of the world wants – to pay for the …

Facing 60-day deadline, Trump administration claims Iran war ‘terminated’

8:51 03.05.2026

Facing 60-day deadline, Trump administration claims Iran war ‘terminated’

White House signals it will ignore Friday’s War Powers cut-off, arguing April ceasefire paused hostilities, ‘South China Morning Post’ writes. The Trump administration is arguing that the war in Iran has already ended because of the ceasefire that began in early April, an interpretation that would allow the White House …

NATO has a new weakest link opinion

8:50 03.05.2026

NATO has a new weakest link opinion

In recent years, Spain’s leftist prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, has made a name for himself as the most stridently anti-American leader in Europe. While Madrid is playing a constructive role in assisting Ukraine, it has become an obstacle to the most important part of the NATO partnership: the bond that …

View from Washington: Iran killed any delusions of US military domination

8:48 03.05.2026

View from Washington: Iran killed any delusions of US military domination

Not only did today's conflict exacerbate shortages, it also exposed how unprepared we are for a true Great Power war, ‘The Responsible Statecraft’ notes. These days, everyone in Washington is talking about U.S. missile stockpiles. The previously niche topic has been thrust onto the front page of major newspapers and …

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi

13:22 02.05.2026

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi

Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. On May 1, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Building on the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mr Araghchi in St Petersburg on April …

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