Mark Rutte

“I do not know what it is,” said Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

“The U.S. is rightly asking for a rebalancing of that,” said Rutte. “It’s totally logical.”

There is a “mix of fear and denial,” according to one European official who spoke to POLITICO.

NATO chief Mark Rutte has long asked Washington to cut red tape on arms deals.

But alliance chief Mark Rutte was keen to downplay fears that Europe and Kyiv are being sidelined.

Russian hostility and waning American support trigger broad agreement to boost defense spending — but 5 percent of GDP is too much for most European countries.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent its defense spending skyrocketing, and is raising fears it will attack NATO next.

Danish military forks out millions for toasty footwear.

Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz warns that Europe must spend more “to retain the presence of the Americans in Europe.”

EU leaders are looking for a way to keep Trump from invading the Danish territory.

U.K. prime minister also wants the EU to target Russia’s energy revenues to keep the pressure on “rattled” leader Vladimir Putin.

With Keir Starmer in town, EU officials and diplomats say their expectations were too high when the British PM took office last year.

They join politicians from Rishi Sunak to Emmanuel Macron in putting their best feet forward.

It’s France vs. the rest on buying U.S. weapons.

Antonio Tajani says the new U.S. president can be dealt with, and that he’s unlikely to invade Greenland.

From Nigel Farage to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, here are the competitors for the position of Europe’s Trump whisperer.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warns Trump not to take territory by force as EU leaders prepare to discuss Greenland tensions at a Feb. 3 summit. 

Jean-Noël Barrot notes that sending European troops to Greenland is not an option right now.

Senior alliance official tells European Parliament about Kremlin threats to Europe.

Danish PM visits Paris, Berlin and Brussels on Tuesday as U.S. president eyes the mineral-rich Arctic island.

Higher defense spending will not be financed by cutting the welfare state but by combining national and EU money, Dovilė Šakalienė told POLITICO.

Transatlantic military alliance chief echoes Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy in stinging remarks at the World Economic Forum.

“There is no choice,” the Polish prime minister warned in an address to the European Parliament.

Greenpeace’s victory means that PM Dick Schoof must achieve emission-reduction targets by 2030 or face the penalty.