France, Russia and Ukraine
Public willingness to support Ukraine “until it wins” has dropped significantly across France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, and the U.K., according to a YouGov poll reported by The Guardian on Dec.
France’s president and prime minister managed to form a new government just in time for the holidays. Crushing debt, intensifying pressure from the nationalist far right, wars in Europe and the Mideast: Challenges abound for President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Francois Bayrou after an already tumultuous 2024.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy did not buy a luxury hotel in the French ski resort of Courchevel this year, regulatory filings and his asset declarations show, contrary to claims circulated online.
Moscow again struck Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, part of an effort to wear down the country. “In the trenches, there are no holidays,” one man said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Thursday that France tried to engage with Moscow in talks about the Ukraine war without the participation of Kyiv. "On several occasions, our French colleagues have appealed through confidential channels: 'Let us help,
Meanwhile the government in the restive French South Pacific territory of New Caledonia collapsed Tuesday in a wave of resignations by pro-independence figures — another challenge for the new overseas affairs minister, Manuel Valls, and the incoming Cabinet.
According to the data published by Global Fire Power for 2024, the UK is the strongest military force in Europe and came sixth in the world. Defence received 2.2% of the nation’s £2.4 trillion GDP in 2021.
COLUMN. While the intentions of the US president-elect remain unclear, Europeans have not yet found a way to increase their support for Ukraine in order to take their destiny back into their own hands,
According to the Russian foreign minister, Paris proposed "to assist and facilitate dialogue on the Ukrainian issue"
"Most Europeans are herbivores, they think there is sufficient grass to feed from. This is not the case," said French Adm. Pierre Vandier.
Just months after what was believed to have been the sabotage of two telecoms cables linking Sweden and Denmark, authorities in Finland say an undersea pow