Small concessions on immigration are insufficient if the fundamental position is deemed wrong by the majority of the electorate.

In 2014, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was forced to wait over four ... Charles Michel and Donald Tusk, stretched them over two days and sometimes longer. During Brexit talks, EU negotiators ...

This was particularly galling given that French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk are both highly ... way for the rising Angela Merkel – a political shift that ...

His no-nonsense robustness, which lost out to Angela Merkel in Germany’s internal CDU politics in ... defence minister who has been steadfast in support of Zelensky. Donald Tusk, in his second term as ...

Europe needs greater collective leadership, pragmatism and rapid decision-making to remain a relevant force in the 21st ...

After former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s departure from politics in 2021, France sought to take over Germany’s role as Europe’s main diplomatic channel to Russia. Two weeks before ...

He also called Polish prime minister Donald Tusk “an important partner in these ... after a years-long power struggle with Angela Merkel in the late 90s-early 2000s. Merz returned to politics ...

President Trump also realises this when he talks about ‘lasting peace’. We shouldn’t forget that the Minsk agreements negotiated by France and Germany during the Merkel-Hollande era (2014 and 2015) ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that the UK and France are ready to lead a “coalition of the willing” to provide military support to Ukraine, including the deployment of troops and ...

"Better late than never" is a phrase that could save you at the office or on a date, but in politics, a leader’s tardiness ...