‘The West as We Knew it No Longer Exists’ Says EU Boss in Dig at Trump’s Bid to Remake the World
The “end of history” is over and Europe is experiencing a “transatlantic crisis”, says Ursula von der Leyen.

The “end of history” is over and Europe is experiencing a “transatlantic crisis”, says Ursula von der Leyen.
Union suspends tariffs against the U.S. in favour of a deal, saying it has “taken note” of Trump’s pause on every country except China.
E.U. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to pause reciprocal tariffs, saying it’s an important step towards stabilising the global economy.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday that the bloc has offered a “zero-for-zero tariff” trade arrangement on industrial goods with the United States in a bid to avoid a full-on trade war.
The matter of Russian energy exports is being discussed in talks with the United States, Moscow says.
The Turkish government on Thursday announced 37 people were arrested for “provocative” social media posts related to Wednesday’s arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and chief political rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The European Union is reportedly seeking to put pressure specifically on Republican-controlled states as it enacts so-called retaliatory tariff measures on American businesses amid the trade war with the Trump administration.
A common “European Defence Union” will be necessary to “deter” Russia in light of demands from the Trump administration that the bloc pays for its own defence, EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen said.
President Donald Trump has made clear he wants Europe to be less reliant on U.S. military backing and be more self-sufficient. The message appears to be finally getting through with a day of emergency summit talks Thursday planned to examine ways to build capabilities.
European leaders flocked to Ukraine on Monday to pledge their support on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion, badly rattled by President Donald Trump’s negotiations with Russia and public feud with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday he had a “productive meeting” with retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg.
You don’t scare us. That was the message from European Union (E.U.) chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.
The European Commission deniedit had tried to cover up the state of health of its president, Ursula von der Leyen.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is ill with “severe pneumonia” and has canceled her appointments for the next two weeks, her office announced Friday.
As Brexit foreshadowed Donald Trump’s victory in 2016, the defeat of Kamala Harris and the Democrats this year was preceded by the fall of globalists in Europe, leaving limited options for any real challenge to Trump’s authority from across the Atlantic.
Australian politicians describe their ban on children under 16 using social media as “world-leading,” but in truth, the rest of the world is not far behind them. An international consensus against permitting children on social media gained momentum in 2024, despite deep reservations from Internet freedom advocates.
In preparation for President-Elect Donald J. Trump returning to the White House, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen suggested that the bloc will look to replace Russian liquid natural gas (LNG) imports with supplies from the United States.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday denounced Russia’s hybrid attacks against democracies.
In what may shape out to be a significant political victory for Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the European Union looks set to follow Rome’s lead on illegal immigration in setting up detention centres outside of the bloc to hold illegal migrants rather than allowing aliens to remain in European territory.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s address to the European Parliament stressing the need to control illegal immigration sparked a full-scale meltdown from leftist and globalist factions in Strasbourg.
Sir Keir Starmer took his mission to “reset” Britain’s relations with the E.U. to Brussels on Wednesday as European capitals warned he should not expect an easy ride in anticipating a revision of the terms and conditions of Brexit.
Elon Musk presented Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with the Global Citizen Award on Monday on behalf of the Atlantic Council.
EC President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Ukraine on Friday focused on helping the country to repair its war-damaged electricity grid.
The EU is getting a defence commissioner for the first time and he warns war with Russia is just years away, calling to “properly prepare”.
Citing “questionable governance” in Brussels, Thierry Breton has resigned as European Commission’s top censorship czar in a surprise announcement in the wake of a public spat over his threats to ban Elon Musk’s X platform in the bloc.
The EU distanced itself from censorship threats made by Brussels’ speech code arbiter over Elon Musk’s interview with former President Donald Trump.
Arch-globalist Ursula von der Leyen was been re-elected as the President of the European Commission for a second five-year term on Thursday.
The EU Commission did not allow the public enough access to information about COVID-19 vaccine purchase agreements, a court ruled Wednesday.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Moscow, days after a similar visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, to discuss the ongoing Russian invasion with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.
Populist surge or not, centrists still dominate the EU and arch-globalist Ursula von der Leyen is set up for another term as Commission president.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government has shut down calls for an election despite a humiliating defeat in the EU Parliament elections.
Viktor Orbán has called on Italian PM Giorgia Meloni turn away from Brussels globalists and form a right-wing alliance in the EU Parliament.
The two main right-wing groups in the EU Parliament have been cut out of the pre-election debate before voters head to the polls next month.
Genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping landed in Paris on Sunday for a European tour beginning in France and including stops in Communist Party-friendly Hungary and Serbia.
Opening a trilateral meeting, Macron said coordination with Beijing on “major crises” was “absolutely decisive”.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived on Sunday in France for a state visit with Emmanuel Macron and talks with EU leadership.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is facing a leftist revolt after she suggested partnering with the conservatives such as Italian PM Giorgia Meloni.
Socialist Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has refused to step down amid allegations of corruption against his wife.
Former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt said Republicans who voted against the $61 billion to fund the war in Ukraine are “traitors”.
Romania and Bulgaria partially joined Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone on Sunday, marking a new step in the two countries’ integration with the European Union.