European initiatives will take a decade to complete but there are some stopgap solutions
Swipe at US president appears to wipe out year-long effort to establish rapport
Barring wartime use, two new medical facilities are designed to treat civilians
Cancelled deployment of weapons battalion as continent is re-arming threatens Nato deterrence against Russia
Threat comes days after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticised US strategy in Iran
Donald Tusk says EU should bolster its own Article 42.7 mutual defence clause
Also in this newsletter: EU capitals fight over bloc’s seven-year budget
Berlin publishes its first military strategy since second world war
As the transatlantic alliance falters, Starmer needs to step up
French and UK leaders are expected to brief Donald Trump after meeting on Friday
Also in this newsletter: Brussels resists windfall tax calls as energy companies profit on Iran war
At heart of dispute is buying US weapons with EU money
Donald Trump irate at France and Spain’s refusal to authorise use of military facilities
Also in this newsletter: Italy walks an Iran tightrope with the US president
But 41 nations discuss how to increase diplomatic pressure on Iran to restore full shipping access to the strategic waterway
Also in this newsletter: Greek fraud investigation zeroes in on government members
Nato’s top official urged key alliance members to offer help to US to reopen key waterway
The Nato secretary-general should remember that it’s resolve that causes Trump to back down, not obeisance
Also in this newsletter: Europe races to fund fusion
From oil threats to ultimatums, the US president has a decades-old view of how to confront Tehran
UK, France and Germany refuse to be drawn into wider war with Iran, risking a showdown with US president
US president tells the FT in an interview that China summit could be delayed
New Dublin strategy against backdrop of heightened Russia concerns could involve request for UK and French naval assistance
Bending UK’s fiscal rules would risk bond market backlash and self-defeating rise in borrowing costs
Also in this newsletter: Meloni joins Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ as an ‘observer’
