EU defence : spending surges as Trump warns Europe to fend for itself. Leaders agree to loosen budget rules, freeing billions for military investment. Meanwhile, Hungary blocks full Ukraine support.

With U.S. President Donald Trump having made it clear that he has little use for the trans-Atlantic alliance, Europe is rapidly trying to design a strategy for Ukraine - and for its own future.

European Union leaders on Friday downplayed skepticism from U.S. President Donald Trump about solidarity among NATO members.

None of those is easy. By Steven Erlanger Reporting from Berlin. Steven Erlanger has written about Europe, Russia and NATO for many years. President Trump has never had much love for the NATO ...

Europe is staring down the barrel of a stark new reality where the United States being the backbone of NATO – the alliance that has guaranteed the continent’s security for almost 80 years ...

FRANKFURT, March 8 (Reuters) - Higher European defence budgets and a ramp-up of production by military equipment industries are necessary to secure Europe, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said ...

MADRID — (AP) — European Union leaders on Friday downplayed skepticism from U.S. President Donald Trump about solidarity among NATO members a day after they backed plans to spend more on ...

European NATO countries have more than doubled their arms imports over five years, with 60 percent sourced from the US, a leading conflict think tank reported Monday. Ukraine emerged as the ...

WASHINGTON – Billionaire Elon Musk threw his weight behind a US exit from Nato, saying on his social media platform that it “doesn’t make sense for America to pay for the defence of Europe”.