Trump appears to edge closer to Zelenskyy reconciliation in Congress speech – Europe live

US president says he ‘appreciates’ Ukrainian counterpart’s offer to work towards peace deal under Trump’s ‘strong leadership’In other late developments you shouldn’t miss, the prospective partners in Germany’s next government have said they will seek to loosen rules on running up debt to allow for higher defence spending.Centre-right election winner Friedrich Merz, who is trying to put together a coalition government with the centre-left Social Democrats, said the two sides would propose exempting spending of more than 1% of gross domestic product on defence from rules that limit the government’s ability to borrow money. Continue reading…



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Author : Jakub Krupa

Publish date : 2025-03-05 08:20:00

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