Europe is seeing a dramatic boost in defense budgets, driven by both long-standing pressure from Washington and the continent’s own reaction to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. That promises a glut of military contracts for weapons-makers in Europe as well as in the U.S., South Korea and elsewhere.

"The new B61-12 gravity bombs are fully forward deployed," said Jill Hruby, administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou warned on Monday that France and Europe as a whole would have to stand up to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his policies, or face being "crushed".

Many of the European politicians expected to be in Washington on Monday share President-elect Donald J. Trump’s anti-immigrant stance.

Both sides may want it politically, but the U.S. president can’t instantly boost exports and firms don’t necessarily want to “drill, baby, drill.”

Elon Musk wrote "Make Europe Great Again" in an X post on Saturday. Musk has used X to share support for far-right political parties in Europe. His remarks have drawn ire from political leaders, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Elon Musk continues to champion right-wing politics in Europe.

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Europe’s generous welfare states are coming under increasing strain as weak economic growth collides with rising demands on government budgets, particularly from aging populations.

Europe is running out of time to avoid wasting billions on building two rival fighter jets, the head of Airbus warned.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Europe to “wake up” and spend more on defense, in a speech to the French military as Donald Trump returns to power

"Trump might forget about Greenland. But also, he might not. Nobody knows. He operates on whims," @anneapplebaum writes.

Still, the official announcement declined to use the word war to characterize Moscow’s activities outside Ukraine. Instead, the EU condemned Russians’ “destabilising” and “malicious actions.” The inability to describe acts of war as acts of war is part of a culture of distortion and denial regarding the subject of state-sponsored violence.