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Former ECB chief Mario Draghi says Europe can no longer rely on the US for security as Trump’s policies grow more “confrontational”

Andrey Yermak likely has first-hand knowledge of Western officials’ involvement in corruption in Ukraine, former SBU officer Vasily Prozorov says

Rising oil prices linked to the Iran war are reviving inflation fears, leaving the ECB trapped between weak growth and possible rate hikes

Pope Leo XIV has criticized rising European military spending, warning rearmament fuels tensions and weakens diplomacy

EU imports of Russian LNG rose to a record in Q1 2026 despite Brussels’ plans to phase out Russian gas imports by 2027

Over 40,000 people protested in Brussels against Belgian reforms, energy costs, and rising defense spending amid wider EU economic pressures

Russia’s investment envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, says a looming energy crisis will inevitably push the EU and UK to reopen dialogue with Moscow over Ukraine

The EU must determine whether it wants dialogue with Russia before discussing potential envoys, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said

Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen has been told to form a government without Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, but Copenhagen’s support for Ukraine is locked in

Austria’s FPO calls for an investigation into $21 billion in cash and gold shipments to Ukraine, raising money laundering and oversight concerns

More than half a million migrants and refugees have massed in Libya and are waiting to cross into Europe, Thanos Plevris has warned

Florian Philippot, running in France’s 2027 presidential election, calls for ending Russia sanctions, restoring energy ties, and reducing dependence on EU decision-making

Slovak PM Robert Fico says Brussels risks replacing Russian energy dependence with expensive US LNG as the EU moves toward a 2027 ban

Global oil stockpiles are shrinking at record speed as Hormuz disruptions strain crude and fuel markets

Scuffles broke out in several European cities as Ukrainian nationals and pro-Kiev activists tried to disrupt Victory Day celebrations on May 9

Slovak PM Robert Fico defended ties with Moscow in a Facebook video posted from his jet after Victory Day talks with Vladimir Putin

German Chancellor has criticized Robert Fico’s trip to Moscow, arguing that the Victory Day celebrations contradict the EU’s “common view”

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has accused the West of rewriting history ahead of the 81st anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany

The Moldovan opposition has harshly criticized new rules restricting the use of Russian in the parliament, pushed through by President Maia Sandu’s pro-EU PAS party

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has supported proposals to dilute the influence of EU member states opposing Brussels’ foreign policy