The EU still sees the United States as "allies" despite President Donald Trump's verbal broadsides against the bloc, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday, while stressing the need for Europe to "step up" on defence.

European leaders backed plans to spend more on defence and continue to stand by Ukraine in a world upended by Donald Trump's reversal of U.S. policies.

European leaders are weary of Donald Trump’s push to secure a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia, with the EU’s top diplomat saying that Vladimir Putin “doesn’t really want

Turkey, with NATO's second-largest army and a Black Sea coastline, is looking to play a key role in Europe's security after Washington's pivot away from the region. Its military, strategically located on the eastern flank of the Atlantic Alliance and south of the Black Sea -- to which it controls access via the Bosphorus -- counts 373,

Shaken by the prospect of U.S. disengagement, European Union leaders vowed to bolster the bloc’s defenses at a crisis summit Thursday, while

Once turned away from the bloc, the European Union may return to Türkiye for defense needs amid tensions with the U.S. and Russia, years after the

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